Psalms 1 · Verse 5

Psalms 1:5

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Psalms 1:5, King James Version

Psalms 1:5 in other translations

BSBTherefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
WEBTherefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
ASVTherefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
YLTTherefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,
DARBYTherefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
BBEFor this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,
WebsterTherefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

What does Psalms 1:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. stand in the judgment--be acquitted. They shall be driven from among the good (Mt 25:45, 46).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand - This refers to the winnowing mentioned in the preceding verse. Some of the versions have, The ungodly shall not arise in the judgment - they shall have no resurrection, except to shame and everlasting contempt. But probably the meaning is, When they come to be judged, they shall be condemned. They shall have nothing to plead in their behalf. That the impious were never to have any resurrection, but be annihilated, was the opinion of several among the Jews, and of some among Christians. The former believe that only the true Israelites shall be raised again; and that the souls of all others, the Christians not excepted, die with their bodies. Such unfounded opinions are unworthy of refutation.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 1:4-6

The ungodly are the reverse of the righteous, both in character and condition. The ungodly are not so, ver. 4; they are led by the counsel of the wicked, in the way of sinners, to the seat of the scornful; they have no delight in the law of God; they bring forth no fruit but what is evil. The righteous are like useful, fruitful trees: the ungodly are like the chaff which the wind drives away: the dust which the…

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Psalms 1:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּ֤ן\׀ken-foreH3651
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יָקֻ֣מוּya.Ku.muthey will standH6965
רְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imwicked [people]H7563
בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑טba.mish.Patin the judgmentH4941
וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗יםve.cha.ta.'Imand sinnersH2400
בַּעֲדַ֥תba.'a.Datin [the] congregation ofH5712
צַדִּיקִֽים\׃tza.di.Kimrighteous [people]H6662

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 1:5

  • Psalms 5:5

    The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

  • Matthew 25:46

    And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

  • Malachi 3:18

    Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

  • Matthew 25:41

    Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

  • Luke 21:36

    Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

  • Matthew 25:32

    And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

  • Matthew 13:49

    So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

  • Jude 1:15

    To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

  • Psalms 9:7-8

    But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

  • Psalms 26:9

    Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

  • Psalms 9:16

    The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

  • Psalms 24:3

    Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shall.
5:5; 24:3; Lu 21:36; Jude 1:15
sinners.
26:9; Mal 3:18; Mt 13:49; 25:32,41,46

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 1:4

    The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

  • Psalms 1:5

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

  • Psalms 1:6

    For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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Psalms 1:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto no se levantarán los malos en el juicio, ni los pecadores en la congregación de los justos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi les méchants ne subsisteront point dans le jugement, ni les pécheurs dans l’assemblée des justes;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum werden die Gesetzlosen nicht bestehen im Gericht, noch die Sünder in der Gemeinde der Gerechten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ideo non resurgent impii in judicio, neque peccatores in concilio justorum: