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Psalms 1:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.


Psalms 1:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 1:317 words
HebrewMeaning
וְֽ/הָיָ֗הwəhāyāh
and he isconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כְּ/עֵץ֮kəʿēṣ
like a treepronH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
שָׁת֪וּלšātwl
plantedverbH8362
עַֽלʿal
atpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פַּלְגֵ֫יpaləgēy
streams ofnounH6388
stream
מָ֥יִםmāyim
waternounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
פִּרְי֨/וֹpirəywō
fruit itsnounH6529
fruit · reward
יִתֵּ֬ןyitēn
it givesverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
בְּ/עִתּ֗/וֹbəʿitwō
at appropriate time itspronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
וְ/עָלֵ֥/הוּwəʿālēhw
and leafage itsconjH5929
leaf
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִבּ֑וֹלyibwōl
it withersverbH5034
dishounour · lightly esteem · fade (away · -ing) ···
וְ/כֹ֖לwəkōl
and allconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יַעֲשֶׂ֣הyaʿăśeh
he doesverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
יַצְלִֽיחַyaṣəliyḥa
it succeedsverbH6743
come · go over · be good · be meet ···
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 1:3

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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The righteous person is like a tree planted by streams of water. That image holds so much: stability, nourishment, sustained growth, productivity even in seasons of dryness. A tree doesn't force itse...
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