Psalms 1:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־כֵּ֤ן ׀ לֹא־יָקֻ֣מוּ רְ֭שָׁעִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים בַּעֲדַ֥ת צַדִּיקִֽים׃

Transliteration

Upon-so not-yāqûmû rəšāʿîm in-the-mišpāṭ and-ḥaṭṭāʾîm in-ʿădat ṣaddîqîm

Grammar Details

*ʿal-kēn*: preposition + adverb - therefore/thus
*lōʾ-*: negative particle - not
*yāqûmû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they stand/rise
*rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural - wicked ones
*ba-mišpāṭ*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular - in the judgment
*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ḥaṭṭāʾîm*: masculine plural - sinners
*ba-*: preposition + definite article - in the
*ʿădat*: construct state, feminine singular - congregation of/assembly of
*ṣaddîqîm*: masculine plural - righteous ones

Word Meanings

*ʿal-kēn*: therefore/thus/because of this
*yāqûmû*: stand/rise/endure/are established
*rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil-doers/ungodly
*mišpāṭ*: judgment/justice/legal decision/court
*ḥaṭṭāʾîm*: sinners/offenders/those who miss the mark
*ʿădat*: congregation/assembly/community
*ṣaddîqîm*: righteous ones/just ones/those in right standing

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 5:5 : 5 The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
Luke 21:36 : 36 But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Matt 25:32 : 32 and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;
Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:
Matt 13:49 : 49 So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous,
Ps 9:7-8 : 7 [But Jehovah] [sitteth] [as king] for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment; 8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
Ps 9:16 : 16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {H1902} Selah}
Jude 1:15 : 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Ps 26:9 : 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;
Ps 24:3 : 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah? And who shall stand in his holy place?

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