The Meaning of Psalms 1:5 Explained

Psalms 1:5

KJV: Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

YLT: Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

Darby: Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

ASV: Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore the ungodly  shall not stand  in the judgment,  nor sinners  in the congregation  of the righteous. 

What does Psalms 1:5 Mean?

Verse Meaning

In the future there will be a winnowing judgment of people in which God will separate the righteous from the wicked (cf. Matthew 13:30). Then He will blow the wicked away (cf. Isaiah 2:10-21).

Context Summary

Psalms 1:1-6 - The Two Ways And The Two Ends
Like a signpost, this psalm points the road to blessedness. The opening word may be read, "Oh, the blessedness!" The psalm begins with the same message as the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:1-48. Beneath the lintel of benediction we pass into the temple of praise.
Blessedness is obtainable in two ways: negatively, we may avoid the society of the irreligious; positively, we must enter the company of prophets and kings, of psalmists and historians, and especially of God Himself, speaking in Scripture. Do not simply read the Bible; meditate upon it. Better one verse really masticated than a whole chapter bolted.
The rewards are, to be planted by rivers, to bear fruit, and to prosper. See Genesis 39:3-4; Genesis 49:22. How blessed it is, also, to realize that God knows and loves! See Psalms 56:8. The sinner begins with ungodliness, goes on to scorning, and ends as chaff, Matthew 13:30. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 1

1  The happiness of the godly
4  The unhappiness of the ungodly

What do the individual words in Psalms 1:5 mean?

Upon thus not shall stand the ungodly in the judgment nor the sinful in the congregation of the righteous
עַל־ כֵּ֤ן ׀ לֹא־ יָקֻ֣מוּ רְ֭שָׁעִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים בַּעֲדַ֥ת צַדִּיקִֽים

עַל־  Upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
כֵּ֤ן ׀  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
יָקֻ֣מוּ  shall  stand 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
רְ֭שָׁעִים  the  ungodly 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט  in  the  judgment 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים  nor  the  sinful 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: חַטָּא  
Sense: sinners adj.
בַּעֲדַ֥ת  in  the  congregation 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֵדָה  
Sense: congregation, gathering.
צַדִּיקִֽים  of  the  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.