Book I of the Psalter · Psalms 1–41
Psalm 1
The Two Ways
Blessed is the Man
A doorway psalm of rooted delight, contrasting the fruitful life of the righteous with the instability of the wicked.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked… He is like a tree planted by streams of water.
What you can do with Psalm 1 here
- Read it
Read Psalm 1 in full in the reading experience, with the text laid out for slow, unhurried attention.
- Listen to it
Listen to the South Florida Psalter musical setting of Psalm 1.
- Sing it
Sing Psalm 1 with your church, your family, or on your own — the Psalter is a songbook before it is anything else.
- Pray it
Pray Psalm 1 as your own words, joining a prayer the church has prayed for three thousand years.
Field Notes on Psalm 1
- Changing the Music in ChurchChanging the way we sing in church was already causing controversy 1,650 years ago. Basil the Great's answer draws a…History
- Don’t Hit Shuffle: Discovering the Hidden Architecture of the PsalmsReading a psalm at random is like walking into a cathedral with a flashlight. Step back and the Psalter reveals a…Biblical Theology
- Whose Side Are You On?Psalm 1 demands a response from every reader to the driving question of the Book of Psalms.Psalm Reflections
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Others in Book I (Psalms 1–41):