Bible Strands
Psalms 1:5
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — An unnamed wise instructor delivers the verdict on the wicked at the close of the contrast with the righteous, immediately after the chaff simile (v. 4) and before the final assurance of divine guardianship (v. 6).
The words — יָקֻמוּ (yāqūmū), "they will stand," is the operative verb: the wicked are denied the capacity to remain in judgment. מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat), "judgment," names the arena where this failure is exposed.
The thread — The same "cannot stand" logic appears in Psalms 5:5 (the boastful cannot stand before God) and Malachi 3:18 (the distinction between righteous and wicked), while Matthew 25:46 extends the consequence to eternal punishment.
Why it lands — It forces a self-placement: the verse is not a description of a distant group but a verdict that will be rendered, and the reader must determine which assembly they belong to.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Cross-references
- Psalms 5:5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
- Matthew 25:46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Malachi 3:18 So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
- Matthew 25:41 Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Luke 21:36 So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- Matthew 25:32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- Matthew 13:49 So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous
- Psalms 9:7 But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
- Jude 1:15 to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
- Psalms 26:9 Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,