The blessed man is like a tree of life and blessed are all those who trust in Him Psalm 1 and 2

1. Adjacent Psalms
that tell a story
part 9
The blessed man is like a tree of life and
blessed are all those who trust in Him
Psalm 1 and 2

2. The book of Psalms opens
with a blessed man
Like the opening of Genesis
there will be a tree of life

3. Blessed is the man who
walks in the law of the Lord
Begins Psalm 1

4. The blessed man
Doesn’t do 3 things
1
Blessed is the man1
who awalks not in bthe counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in cthe way of sinners,
nor dsits in ethe seat of fscoffers;
2 but his gdelight is in the law2 of the LORD,
and on his hlaw he meditates day and night.

5. The blessed man
Is like the tree from Genesis 1
3 He is like ia tree
planted by jstreams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its kleaf does not wither.
While true of believers at times
most true of Jesus all the time

6. The blessed man
result
lIn all that he does, he prospers.

7. Not so, not so the wicked
4 The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

8. Known by God
6 for the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.

9. Psalm 2
1
Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?
2
The kings of the earth rise up
and the rulers band together
against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
3
“Let us break their chains
and throw off their shackles.”
The wicked respond badly

10. 4
The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord scoffs at them.
5
He rebukes them in his anger
and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
6
“I have installed my king
on Zion, my holy mountain.”
God responds and laughs

11. 7 I will proclaim the Lord’s decree:
He said to me, “You are my son;
today I have become your father.
8
Ask me,
and I will make the nations your inheritance,
the ends of the earth your possession.
9
You will break them with a rod of iron;
you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”
God makes a decree
God’s son proclaims it

12. 10
Therefore, you kings, be wise;
be warned, you rulers of the earth.
11
Serve the Lord with fear
and celebrate his rule with trembling.
12
Kiss his son, or he will be angry
and your way will lead to your destruction,
for his wrath can flare up in a moment.
Nations warned

13. Blessed is are all those who trust in Him
Ends Psalm 2
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Blessed in Jesus the tree of life
and blessed are all those who take refuge in Him

14. Psalm 1 and 19 will come back expansively
as psalm 119, the longest Psalm
Psalm 2 will come back in the themes of
psalms 92, 93,94
Psalm 1 and 2 at the start of Book 1 of
psalms will be bookended by Psalms 40 and
41 at the end. All regarding the blessed man

15. Adjacent Psalms
that tell a story
part 9
The blessed man is like a tree of life and
blessed are all those who trust in Him
Psalm 1 and 2