Milton’s paraphrase of Psalm 1

Bless’d is the man who hath not walk’d astray
In counsel of the wicked, and ith’ way
Of sinners hath not stood, and in the seat
Of scorners hath not sate. But in the great
Jehovahs Law is ever his delight,
And in his Law he studies day and night.
He shall be as a tree which planted grows
By watry streams, [...]

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D. A. Carson Audio on Psalms

Below are four messages D. A. Carson gave at the UCCF Staff Conference.
Psalm 1
Psalm 2
Psalm 40
Psalm 110
(HT: James H. Grant, Jr)

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The NLT Study Bible on Psalms 1-8

Pss 1-8
Psalms 1 and 8 form an inclusio (set of literary bookends) that describes what God expects of the ideal person (cp. Pss 19, 33, 104, 145), contrasts the godly person with the wicked, and extols the godly person’s dignity. Jesus the Messiah (Ps 2) – the sovereign Lord (Heb 2:6-8; see 1 Cor [...]

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