Psalm 1:4–6 — the ungodly do not rise into judgment; the way perishes, not the substances
“Not so the ungodly, not so” (Psalm 1:4). Some prefix a second “not so”; but neither did the Hebrew double the word, nor did any of those who translated use a repetition of the phrase.
“Therefore the ungodly will not rise in judgment” (Psalm 1:5). Having said the ungodly will not rise, he says “into judgment,” not “into questioning.”
“Because the Lord knows the way of the righteous, and the way of the ungodly will perish” (Psalm 1:6). “Knows” instead of “honors,” according to what was said by God to Moses: “I know you above all, and you have found favor with me” (Exodus 33:17). It is to be noted universally that only the good is known by the Lord; for the way of the righteous is good; but also “the Lord knew those who are his” (2 Timothy 2:19) and the way of the righteous, having said “I am the way” (John 14:6).
The way of the ungodly is the one walked by those who speak evil of the Creator, becoming like chaff thrown from the wind; therefore they are not counted worthy of the resurrection in judgment, as neither are sinners of the counsel of the righteous. For the way of the righteous, being worthy of God’s knowledge, is known by him; but the way of the ungodly will perish, as not being known by the Lord.
And having said that the way of the ungodly perishes, he corrected the suspicions of the heretics who supposed their substances are made to vanish into non-being, from what was said: “but as the chaff which the wind throws from the face of the earth” (Psalm 1:4). For when the way has perished, the ungodliness becomes non-existent, those to whom it happened being left.
Greek
1.4 Οὐχ ου τως οἱ ἀσεβεῖς, οὐχ ου τως. Τίνες προτιθέασιν δεύτερον τὸ οὐχ ου τως· ου τε δὲ τὸ ἑβραϊκὸν ἀνεδίπλωσε τὴν λέξιν, ου τε τις τῶν ἑρμηνευσάντων ἐχρή σατο ἐπαναλήψει τῆς χρήσεως. 1.5 ∆ιὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀναστήσονται οἱ ἀσεβεῖς ἐν κρίσει. Εἰπὼν, οὐκ ἀναστήσονται οἱ ἀσεβεῖς, εἰς κρίσιν φησὶν, οὐκ εἰς ἐρώτησιν. 1.6 Οτι γινώσκει Κύριος ὁδὸν δικαίων, καὶ ὁδὸς ἀσεβῶν ἀπολεῖται. Τὸ γινώσκει, ἀντὶ τοῦ τιμᾷ, κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον ὑπὸ Θεοῦ πρὸς Μωϋσῆν· Γινώσκω σὲ παρὰ πάντας, καὶ ηυ ρες χάριν παρ' ἐμοί. –Σημειωτέον καθολικῶς ο τι καλὸν μόνον γινώσκεται ὑπὸ Κυρίου· καλὸν γὰρ ὁδὸς δι καίων· ἀλλὰ καὶ ε γνω Κύριος τοὺς ο ντας αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁδὸν δικαίων, εἰπών· ̓Εγώ εἰμι ὁδός. – ̔Οδὸς δὲ ἀσεβῶν, η ν ὁδεύουσιν οἱ κακολογοῦντες δημιουργὸν, ὁμοιούμενοι χνῷ ἀπὸ ἀνέμου ἐκριπτομένῳ· διὸ τῆς ἐν κρίσει ἀναστάσεως οὐκ ἀξιοῦνται, ὡς οὐδὲ οἱ ἁμαρ τωλοὶ δικαίων βουλῆς. ∆ικαίων μὲν γὰρ ὁδὸς ἀξία γνώσεως ου σα Θεοῦ, γινώσκεται ὑπ' αὐ τοῦ· ὁδὸς δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀπολεῖται, ὡς οὐ γι νωσκομένη ὑπὸ Κυρίου. –Εἰπὼν δὲ τὴν ὁδὸν τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀπόλλυσθαι, διωρθώσατο τὰς τῶν αἱρετικῶν ὑπονοίας, οἰηθέντων τὰς οὐσίας αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ μὴ ο ν ἀφανίζεσθαι, ἐκ τοῦ εἰρῆσθαι· ἀλλ' η ὡσεὶ ὁ χνοῦς, ο ν ἐκρίπ τει ὁ α νεμος ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς· ἀπο λομένης γὰρ τῆς ὁδοῦ, ἀνύπαρκτος ἡ ἀσε βεία γίνεται, τῶν οι ς συμβέβηκε καταλει πομένων.
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New English from locked PG 12 / Khazarzar Greek of Fragmenta in Psalmos, Psalms 1–22.3. Earlier lemma-led SERIES-CLOSEOUT English was discarded.
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