My God and My Country

The Books of Psalms

The Psalms of David

Chapter 1:1-2

Prefaced and Edited by R.P. Woitowitz Sr.

1 Blessed is the man that doth not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Brethren:

Just a quick thought herein and then on to commentaries.

When we put God first in ALL our thoughts and all our ways, our joy becomes His word, , wisdom and blessings. Take heed therefore to emulate the Father, and to seek Him daily for those are the prime commandments, seek God, love others. This also has the benefit of not falling into sin or giving in to temptation. R.P. Woitowitz Sr. - Disciple of Christ

“This psalm begins in like manner as Christ's sermon on the mount, ( Matthew 5:3 ) ; setting forth the praises and expressing the happiness of the man who is described in this verse and ( Psalms 1:2 ) . The words may be rendered, "O, the blessednesses of the man", or 'of this man' he is doubly blessed, a thrice happy and blessed man; blessed in things temporal and spiritual; happy in this world, and in that to come. He is to be praised and commended as a good man, so the Targum: ``the goodness, or, Oh, the goodness of the man;'' or as others:

'Oh, the right goings or happy progress, or prosperous success of the man.'”

John Gill - Theologian

“This is that which keeps him out of the way of the ungodly and fortifies him against their temptations. By the words of thy lips I have kept me from the path of the deceiver, (Read Psalm 17:4). We need not court the fellowship of sinners, either for pleasure or for improvement, while we have fellowship with the word of God and with God himself in and by his word. When thou awakest it shall talk with thee, (Read Proverbs 6:22). We may judge of our spiritual state by asking, "What is the law of God to us? What account do we make of it? What place has it in us?’’

See here:

The entire affection which a good man has for the law of God: His delight is in it. He delights in it, though it be a law, a yoke, [Read Matthew 11:29-30; Ephesians 6:6; 3:24] because it is the law of God, which is holy, just, and good, which he freely consents to, and so delights in, after the inner man, (Read Romans 7:16, 22). All who are well pleased that there is a God must be well pleased that there is a Bible, a revelation of God, of his will, and of the only way to happiness in him.

The intimate acquaintance which a good man keeps up with the word of God: In that law doth he meditate day and night; and by this it appears that his delight is in it, for what we love we love to think of, (Read Psalm 119:97). To meditate in God’s word is to discourse with ourselves concerning the great things contained in it, with a close application of mind, a fixedness of thought, till we be suitably affected with those things and experience the savour and power of them in our hearts. This we must do day and night; we must have a constant habitual regard to the word of God as the rule of our actions and the spring of our comforts, and we must have it in our thoughts, accordingly, upon every occasion that occurs, whether night or day. No time is amiss for meditating on the word of God, nor is any time unseasonable for those visits. We must not only set ourselves to meditate on God’s word morning and evening, at the entrance of the day and of the night, but these thought should be interwoven with the business and converse of every day and with the repose and slumbers of every night. When I awake I am still with thee. An assurance given of the godly man’s happiness, with which we should encourage ourselves to answer the character of such. In general, he is blessed.” - Matthew Henry - Theologian