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Discover the Arts! Each day a different image from the Literary, Performing, or Visual Arts representing a portion of Scripture plus an explanation with links 2015 February 2
Image 1: The Blessed Lorenzo Giustiniani (1465)
Gentile Bellini (c. 1429 - 1507)
Renaissance Style
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
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Image 2: Squire John Wilkinson (c. 1776)
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
Romanticism Style
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
Explanation: Psalm 1 describes the contrast between the righteous and the wicked. The two paintings above depict men who, like those described in the Psalm below, have opposite life-commitments. The first was committed to God. The second was committed to atheism.
[ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Psalm 2. ]
[ CHRONOLOGY: General. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]
[ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]
[ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Psalm 1 ]
The first part of the Psalm describes the godly. They do not walk, stand, or sit with the unrighteous. They do not listen to their counsel; they do not walk in their ways (i.e., they do not behave as they do); and they do not sit in their seat (i.e., they do not take a place of fellowship with them). Instead they delight in God's law; and they meditate in it day and night. They prosper like a tree planted by a river, producing fruit and unwithered leaves. Everything they do is prosperous (1-3). The ungodly are different. They are like the chaff which the wind drives away. They will not stand in the day of judgment; and they will not enter into the congregation of the righteous. "For the LORD knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish" (4-6).
THE PSALTER:
BOOK ONE OF FIVE:
Psalms 1-41.
Psalm 1
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD;
and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;
his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so:
but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous:
but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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