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• Discontinuity btw v.1 and v.2  +
• vv.1-3 are a unit  +
• Connection btw v.1 and v.5  +
• v.1 is an introduction  +
• To “walk in the advice of the wicked” means to allow their evil ideas to impact and determine one’s behavior.  +
• Sample 1  +
• Sample 2  +
• v.1a is אשׁרי האישׁ אשׁר  +
• v.1 is a tetracolon  +
• The psalm is framed by an inclusion (vv.1, 6)  +
• אשׁרי (followed by אשׁר) is the reversal of רשע  +
• The opening word of the Psalm, “Blessed is…” is a theme frame  +
• אשׁרי is a 'formal introduction of a blessing'  +
• To be ‘blessed’ (אַשְׁרֵי) means to be considered fortunate and blessed, to be admired by others  +
• Psalm 1 divides into three progressively smaller portions, or poetic “strophes.”  +
• The wicked's part of the contrast is much shorter than that of the righteous.  +
• The Psalm can be segmented in two main parts (vv.1-3 / vv.4-6)  +
• Contrast btw “where” (בְּ) the righteous one is “living” (vv.1-2)  +
• The wicked are characterized by a lack of what the blessed have (a relationship with God through the Torah)  +
• The negative (v.1) serves as a foil or a preparation for the positive (vv.2-3)  +
• Sections 1 (vv.1-3) and 2 (vv.4-5) are arranged in a kind of concentric pattern.  +
• Structural inversion in terms of a medial thematic division  +
• The verbs in v.1 are things the righteous 'have not done' (present perfect)  +
• The entire psalm speaks in categories, rather than specifics.  +
• The purpose of this psalm is to instruct on the outcomes of one's prior choices.  +
• The alternation of verbs (qatal verbs in v.1) is used poetically as one more way to oppose the righteous from the wicked.  +
• There is a shift from agency to the passivity of the wicked.  +
• The Lord has an implicit role; his agency does not need to be explicit in order to be present.  +
• The imagery of Psalm 1 forms a chiastic structure  +
• The singular form may serve to emphasize that godly individuals are usually outnumbered by the wicked and must bear the social consequences.  +
• The blessed man (הָאִִישׁ) is the king  +
• Psalm 1 evokes Genesis 1-3  +
• Psalms 1 and 2 form the introduction to the Psalter.  +
• v.1bcd has parallelism of similarity, with a structure of intensification  +
• v.1bc forms a chiasm  +
• The relative marker (אשׁר) is repeated for the purpose of sound play (אשׁרי / רשׁע )  +
• vv.1-3 evoke Deuteronomy 17:16-20  +
• Relationship btw v.1b and v.1c: synonymous parallelism (with growing emphasis)  +
• Relationship btw v.1bc and v.1d: synonymous parallelism (with growing emphasis)  +
• Relationship btw v.1a and v.1bcd: base-attribution  +
• Relationship btw v.1 and vv.2-3: base-addition  +
• Relationship btw vv.1-3 and vv.4-5: base-contrast (antithetical paralllelism)  +
• Relationship btw vv.1-5 and v.6: ground-conclusion  +
• Psalm 1 contrasts the righteous with the wicked  +
• v.1bc forms a chiasm  +
• v.1bc forms a chiasm  +
• Test proposition  +
• Test proposition 2  +
• Topic of vv. 1-3 is 'the man'  +
• "Psalm 1 is a completely bicolic poem."  +