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1. The praises of a man are that he did not follow the counsel of the wicked, neither did he stand in the way of sinners nor sit in the company of scorners.
2. But his desire is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.
3. He shall be as a tree planted beside rivulets of water, which brings forth its fruit in its season, and its leaves do not wilt; and whatever he does prosper.
4. Not so the wicked, but [they are] like chaff that the wind drives away.
5. Therefore, the wicked shall not stand up in judgment, nor shall the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
| CommentryPsalm 1
"Happy is the man who did not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
in the path of the sinful did not stand
and in the session of the scorners did not sit."
"Ashrei ha ish asher lo halach ba atsat risha'eem,
u viderech chata'eem lo amad, u vimoshav letsee lo yashav."
Walking, standing and sitting refer to where we are and what we are doing.
The very first psalm begins not with distant esoteric truths but with practical guidelines.
Before I can begin my spiritual quest, before I can reach the heights of enlightenment,
I must first learn to walk. Thus, Tehillim 1 begins with the basics: how to walk, stand and sit through life.
Yet, mundane and worldly as these concerns are: who we take counsel from, which path we stand upon, which sessions are we immersed in, what we do each moment ..
as we gather these moments together they form a cohesive whole that becomes our life.
The Psalmist continues:
"Rather if in the Torah of Hashem is his desire and in His Torah he meditates day and night he shall be like a tree deeply rooted alongside brooks of water that yields its fruit in its season and whose leaf never withers..."
by Rachel Tara bas Tsiporah
www.psalmsonline.org
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