Psalm 1/Sections/Because YHWH

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  • This verse is the only time in the psalm that YHWH is clearly the subject of a clause (in verse 6a).
  • The verse summarizes verses 1-5 in two parts:
    • The first clause of verse 6 summarizes the first section of the psalm, that is, verses 1-3
    • The second clause of verse 6 summaries the second section of the psalm, that is, verses 4-5.
  • Verses 1-5 are bound together, leaving verse 6 distinct:
    • Verse 1 contained the phrase 'the counsel of the wicked.' In Hebrew, this phrase sounds very similar to the phrase 'the group of righteous people' in verse 5. These similar-sounding phrases poetically signal the beginning of a unit in verse 1 and the end of the unit in verse 5.