Salmos 1

Salmos 1:4-6

Vincent writes that… "The ungodly are not so." That "not" contains the germs of all moral disaster. We have set forth under this figure three aspects of the ungodly character. I. Its instability. Take a life away from God, and you take from it unity of impulse. Passion, pride, selfishness, drive it hither and thither as the winds drive the dismantled ship. Nowhere but in God does man find a consistent law. II. Its worthlessness. Chaff! The wind drives it away, and the husbandman is glad to have it driven away. An ungodly life is a worthless life, because, whatever it may be, however busy and bustling, it is not so. It is not used under God's direction and for God's uses. III. Its insecurity. The contrast is between the tree, safe in its enclosure by the watercourses, watched and tended by the gardener, its fruits safe from the plunderer, and the chaff, loosely lying on the exposed threshing-floor, where the first blast can drive it no one cares whither. How safe is the man who abides in God, while he who puts himself outside of the restraints of Divine law forfeits likewise its protection. (M. R. Vincent, Gates into the Psalm Country, p. 21) Psalm 1:5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. (NASB: Lockman) English Translation of the Greek (Septuagint): Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just. Amplified: Therefore the wicked [those disobedient and living without God] shall not stand [justified] in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God]. (Amplified Bible - Lockman) KJV: Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. NET: For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly. (NET Bible) NJB: the wicked will not stand firm at the Judgement nor sinners in the gathering of the upright. (NJB) Young's Literal: Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous, THEREFORE THE WICKED WILL NOT STAND IN THE JUDGMENT: Ps 5:5, 24:3, Lk 21:36, Jude 1:15 Ps 5:5 The boastful shall not stand before Thine eyes; Thou dost hate all who do iniquity. Ps 9:7-8 But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment, 8 And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity. Ps 76:7 Thou, even Thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in Thy presence when once Thou art angry? (Answer: Only those hidden safely in Christ.) Na 1:6 Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the burning of His anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, And the rocks are broken up by Him. Mal 3:18 So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him. Mt 13:49 "So it will be at the end of the age; the angels shall come forth, and take out the wicked from among the righteous, Therefore - Develop the discipline of pausing to ponder key "connectives" (in this passage a term of conclusion) like therefore, asking your Teacher the Spirit to lead you into all the truth (cf 1 Cor 2:12-16; Ps 119:18). Here the psalmist amplifies what he has just stated about their being driven away by the wind. The wicked like chaff do not the weight to resist God's "winds of judgment" and thus are blown away and unable to stand in the judgment. Note that will not stand in the judgment does not mean they will be absent from judgment but that they will not be able to endure the judgment and will have no adequate defense. When they are brought before the judgment bar of God, they have no retort to God’s just condemnation of their ungodliness Ps 130:3 "If Thou, LORD, shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?"