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Psalms 1:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 1:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 1:29 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אִ֥םʾim
exceptconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
בְּ/תוֹרַ֥תbətwōrat
is in the law ofpronH8451
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
חֶ֫פְצ֥/וֹḥepəṣwō
delight hisnounH2656
delight · desire · things desired · matter ···
וּֽ/בְ/תוֹרָת֥/וֹwbətwōrātwō
and in law hisconjH8451
יֶהְגֶּ֗הyehəgeh
he meditatesverbH1897
meditate · mourn · mutter · roar ···
יוֹמָ֥םywōmām
by dayadvH3119
(by · in the) day
וָ/לָֽיְלָהwālāyəlāh
and nightconjH3915
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 1:2

1. “Blessed is the man that has not gone away in the counsel of the ungodly” Psalm 1:1. This is to be understood of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord Man. “Blessed is the man that has not gone away in the counsel of the ungodly,” as “the man of earth did,” 1 Corinthians 15:47 who consented to his wife deceived by the serpent, to the transgressing the commandment of God. “Nor stood in the way of sinners.” For He came indeed in the way of sinners, by being born as sinners are;…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 1
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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