Psalm 1 — Hebrew and Greek compared
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Psalm 1
The two ways
Verse 1:1 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[1:1] Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stood in the way of sinners,
nor sat in the seat of scoffers;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[1:1] Blessed is the man who did not walk in the counsel of the ungodly,
and did not stand in the way of sinners,
and did not sit in the seat of pestilent people;
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The three refusals correspond, but Hebrew לֵצִים names scoffers while Greek λοιμῶν characterizes pernicious or pestilent people. Neither source supplies a superscription to this psalm.
Verse 1:2 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[1:2] but his delight is in YHWH’s law,
and on His law he meditates day and night.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[1:2] but his will is in the Lord’s law,
and on His law he will meditate day and night.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew delight and Greek will or desire describe devotion to the law. The day-and-night practice corresponds; no later identity for the blessed man is inserted.
Verse 1:3 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[1:3] He will be like a tree planted beside channels of water,
which gives its fruit in its season,
and whose leaf does not wither;
and everything he does will prosper.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[1:3] He will be like the tree planted beside the outlets of waters,
which will give its fruit in its season,
and whose leaf will not fall off;
and everything he does will be prospered.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The tree, water, timely fruit and prosperity correspond. Hebrew says the leaf does not wither; Greek says it does not fall off. Greek’s final passive retains prosperity as received without supplying an unnamed agent.
Verse 1:4 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[1:4] Not so the wicked,
but like chaff which the wind drives away.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[1:4] Not so the ungodly, not so,
but like chaff which the wind flings away from the face of the earth.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek repeats not so and includes from the face of the earth. The chaff image is present in both; the additional words are not imported into Hebrew.
Verse 1:5 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[1:5] Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[1:5] Therefore the ungodly will not rise in judgment,
nor sinners in the council of the righteous;
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Both deny the wicked a place in judgment and among the righteous. Greek ἀναστήσονται can mean rise or stand up; resurrection is not asserted merely from the verb. Hebrew congregation and Greek council express the gathered righteous.
Verse 1:6 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[1:6] for YHWH knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[1:6] for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
and the way of the ungodly will perish.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both contrast divine knowledge of the righteous way with the perishing of the wicked way; the subject of perish is the way in each source.