Two Contrasting Choices
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful” (Psalm 1:1) The Psalmist starts this Psalm by contrasting TWO ways of living. In addressing the first lifestyle, he mentions in verse 1 three activities that MOST of the world practices: “walks (lives a habitual style of life) in the counsel (advice or plans) of the ungodly (those who are morally wrong from God’s standpoint)”, “stands (rema