Psalm 1/Notes/Grammar.V. 6.195881
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The verb "cares for" (יוֹדֵעַ) is a participle with gnomic semantics: YHWH is ever in a state of caring for the way of righteous people. See Ps 37:18—יוֹדֵ֣עַ יְ֭הוָה יְמֵ֣י תְמִימִ֑ם. Cf. NET: "The Hebrew active participle יוֹדֵעַ has here a characteristic durative force." Perowne: "The participle denotes that this is the character of Jehovah" (1878, 111). See BHRG §20.3.3, which says that "the participle may refer to habitual events" and JM §121b who list some examples of the participle with "frequentive aspect." Similarly, Joosten (2020, 5) says that "in other usages, the verbalized participle expresses functions that can also be expressed with yiqtol. Both forms can refer to habitual processes..." (citing Exod 13:15 as an example).