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Psalms 1:6 — King James Version← Study notes

For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.


Psalms 1:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 1:68 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יוֹדֵ֣עַywōdēʿa
is knowingverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
דֶּ֣רֶךְderekə
the way ofnounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
צַדִּיקִ֑יםṣadiyqiym
righteous peopleadjH6662
lawful · righteous
וְ/דֶ֖רֶךְwəderekə
and the way ofconjH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
רְשָׁעִ֣יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
תֹּאבֵֽדtōʾbēd
it will perishverbH6
destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···
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 1:6

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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