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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 30 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 30. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/30/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 30. Psalm 1

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[¶0] 1 Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly; And in the way of sinners doth not stand; And in the seat of scoffers doth not sit:

[¶1] 2 But in the law of the Lord is his delight; And in his law doth he meditate day and night.

[¶2] 3 He shall be like a tree planted near rivers of waters, Which shall yield its fruit in its season, And whose leaf shall not fade; And all that he doeth shall prosper.

[¶3] 4 Not so the ungodly: But they are like the chaff, which scatter doth the wind.

[¶4] 5 Therefore shall not stand the ungodly in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

[¶5] 6 For know doth Jehovah the way of the righteous; But the way of the ungodly shall perish.