ps 1:1-6

I.	The behavior of the blessed

A.	What they don't do

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked,

Nor standeth in the way of sinners,

Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

B.	Relationship to Yahweh

2 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah;

And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

II.	Effect of the blessing on the life

C.	3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water,

That bringeth forth its fruit in its season,

Whose leaf also doth not wither;

III.	D.	And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

II'.	Effect of wickedness on the life

C.	4 The wicked are not so,

But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

I'.	The actions of the wicked

A.	What they can't do

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,

Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

B.	Relationship to Yahweh

6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous;

But the way of the wicked shall perish. (ASV)

The blessed are defined by what they don't do by choice: They are powerful

The wicked are defined by what they can't do even if they wanted to: They are weak!

The permanence of the righteous is described by something living, organic, functioning!