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Psalms 1:4 — King James Version← Study notes

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.


Psalms 1:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 1:49 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
כֵ֥ןkēn
are soadvH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
הָ/רְשָׁעִ֑יםhārəšāʿiym
the wicked peopleparticleH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
כִּ֥יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אִםʾim
exceptconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
כַּ֝/מֹּ֗ץkamōṣ
they are like the chaffpronH4671
אֲֽשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
תִּדְּפֶ֥/נּוּtidəpenw
it drives about itverbH5086
to and fro) · thrust down · shaken · tossed to and fro
רֽוּחַrwḥa
windnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
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 1:4

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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