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• v.3 is a tetracolon  +
• vv.1-3 are a unit  +
• vv.2-3 are a unit  +
• Continuity btw v.3 and v.4  +
• Connection btw v.2 and v.3  +
• Connection btw v.3 and v.4  +
• vv.2-6 are a unit  +
• Sample 1  +
• Sample 2  +
• Meditating on the Torah (v.2b) is likened to water channels (v.3a).  +
• אשׁרי (followed by אשׁר) is the reversal of רשע  +
• The language in v.3 evokes the image of a garden  +
• Discontinuity btw v.3 and v.4  +
• 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)  +
• The wicked are characterized by a lack of what the blessed have (a relationship with God through the Torah)  +
• v.3 has a thematic structure of intensification  +
• 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  +
• vv.3-6 give the results that 'will/do happen' to the general classes of righteous & wicked  +
• 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.  +
• וְהָיָה is connected to the previous verse as a consequence  +
• וְהָיָה continues the sense of the imperfect in the preceding verse.  +
• The imperfect verbal forms in v. 3 (יִתֵּן and יִבּוֹל) draw attention to the typical nature of the actions/states they describe.  +
• The imperfect verbal forms in v. 3 (יִתֵּן and יִבּוֹל) are future relative to the planting rather than habitual  +
• The TAM in v.3d is hypothetical + future.  +
• The TAM in v.3d is habitual + habitual.  +
• The hiphil verb concludes the first main section.  +
• 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.  +
• God’s Torah is like the ground around the river that the tree is planted in  +
• “Fruit” refers to prosperity in life  +
• Contrastive link between “not withering” (v.3) and “[dry] chaff” (v.4).  +
• The agent of v.3d (וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה יַצְלִיחַ) may be either "the man" or "the tree" (semantic density).  +
• The “steadiness” of the tree “שָׁת֪וּל” is contrasted with the helpless motion of the chaff.  +
• Tree vs. chaff is a comparison not only of permanence vs. impermanence, but (agricultural) usefulness vs. uselessness.  +
• 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.3 has parallelism of specification with a structure of intensification.  +
• יַצְלִיחַ is intransitive-exhibitive (“prospers”)  +
• יַצְלִיחַ is causative (“causes to prosper”).  +
• The relative marker (אשׁר) is repeated for the purpose of sound play (אשׁרי / רשׁע )  +
• vv.1-3 evoke Deuteronomy 17:16-20  +
• The tree imagery (v.3) has royal overtones.  +