Psalms 1:3 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 1:3

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

BSB

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ASV

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; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms (397)

(Verse 3.) And it shall be like a tree that is planted by the courses of water, which will yield its fruit in its season. And its leaf shall not wither, and whatever it does, it shall prosper. What is this blessedness that is compared to the tree, unless we understand it to be in paradise, that blessed place, the tree of life produced from the earth in the midst of other trees?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,.... Or, "for then shall he be", &c. as Alshech renders the words; and the Hebrew "vau" is often used for "then" (q).

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

And he shall be like a tree planted—not a wild tree, but "a tree planted, " chosen, considered as property, cultivated and secured from the last terrible uprooting, for "every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up:" Matthew 15:13. "By the rivers of water;" so that even if one river should fail, he hath another. The rivers of pardon and the rivers of grace, the rivers of the promise and the rivers of communion with Christ, are never-failing sources of supply.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְֽהָיָ֗ה	ve.ha.Yah	and he is	H1961 →
כְּעֵץ֮	ke.'Etz	like a tree	H6086 →
שָׁת֪וּל	sha.Tul	planted	H8362 →
עַֽל־	'al-	at	H5921 →
פַּלְגֵ֫י	pal.Gei	streams of	H6388 →
מָ֥יִם	Ma.yim	water	H4325 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
פִּרְי֨וֹ׀	pir.Yo	fruit its	H6529 →
יִתֵּ֬ן	yi.Ten	it gives	H5414 →
בְּעִתּ֗וֹ	be.'i.To	at appropriate time its	H6256 →
וְעָלֵ֥הוּ	ve.'a.Le.hu	and leafage its	H5929 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יִבּ֑וֹל	yi.Bol	it withers	H5034 →
וְכֹ֖ל	ve.Khol	and all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	that	H834 →
יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה	ya.'a.Seh	he does	H6213 →
יַצְלִֽיחַ׃	yatz.Li.ach	it succeeds	H6743 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 92:14
In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
leads to
- Jeremiah 17:8
  He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 46:4
  Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and…
Through
Jeremiah 17:8
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not…
leads to
- Isaiah 58:11
  The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Ezekiel 47:12
  Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from…
- Ezekiel 31:4–10
  The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.
- Psalms 92:10–15
  But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
Through
John 15:6
If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
leads to
- Matthew 7:19
  Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Through
Ezekiel 47:12
Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from…
leads to
- Revelation 22:2
  down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month.…

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Where the connections lead

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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