Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Psalms
Book: Psalms
Chapter: 1
Overview:
The
Holiness and happiness of a godly
Man.
(1-3) The
sinfulness and misery of a wicked
Man, The ground and reason of
both.
(4-6)
1-3 To meditate in
God's
Word, is to discourse with ourselves
concerning the great things contained in it, with close
application of mind and fixedness of thought. We must have
constant regard to the
Word of God, as the rule of our actions,
and the
Spring of our comforts; and have it in our thoughts
night and
Day. For this purpose
No time is amiss.
4-6 The ungodly are the reverse of the righteous, both in
character and condition. The ungodly are not
So, ver. 4; they
are led
By the counsel of the wicked, in the way of sinners, to
the seat of the scornful; they have
No delight in the
Law of
God; they bring forth
No Fruit but what is evil. The righteous
are like useful, fruitful trees: the ungodly are like the
Chaff
which the wind drives away: the
Dust which the owner of the
floor desires to have driven away, as not being of any use. They
are of
No worth in
God's account, how highly soever they may
value themselves. They are easily driven to and fro
By every
wind of
Temptation. The
Chaff may be, for a while, among the
Wheat, but He is coming, whose
Fan is in his
Hand, and who will
thoroughly purge his floor. Those that,
By their own
Sin and
folly, make themselves as
Chaff, will be found
So before the
whirlwind and
Fire of Divine wrath. The doom of the ungodly is
fixed, but whenever the sinner becomes sensible of this guilt
and misery, he may be admitted into the company of the righteous
By Christ the living way, and become in
Christ a new
Creature.
He has new desires, new pleasures, hopes, fears, sorrows,
companions, and employments. His thoughts, words, and actions
are changed. He enters
On a new state, and bears a new
character. Behold, all things are become new
By Divine
Grace,
which changes his soul into the image of the
Redeemer. How
different the character and
End of the ungodly!