WHO ARE THE UNGODLY, REALLY?
Psalm 1:4-6 - The ungodly
are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. [5] Therefore the ungodly shall not stand
in the judgment, nor sinners in the
congregation of the righteous. [6] For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall
perish.
Ungodly: rasha`, raw-shaw', Hebrew 7563; from Hebrew 7561 (rasha`); moral wrong; concrete an
(actively) bad person :- + condemned,
guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Stand: quwm, koom, Hebrew 6965; a primitive root;
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
:‑ abide, accomplish, × be
clearer, confirm, continue, decree, ×
be dim, endure, × enemy, enjoin, get up,
make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, × but newly, ordain,
perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a‑) rise (up) (again,
against), rouse up, set (up), (e‑) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir
up, strengthen, succeed, (as‑,
make) sure (‑ly), (be) up (‑hold, ‑rising).
Sinners: chat*t*a', khat-taw', Hebrew 2400; intensive
from Hebrew 2398 (chat*a'); a criminal,
or one accounted guilty :- offender,
sinful, sinner.
Righteous: tsaddiyq, tsad-deek', Hebrew 6662; from Hebrew 6663 (tsadaq); just :- just, lawful, righteous (man).
Way: derek, deh'-rek, Hebrew 1870; from Hebrew 1869 (darak); a road (as
trodden); figurative a course of life or mode of
action, often adverb :- along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, [east-] ward, journey,
manner, passenger, through, toward, [high-] [path-] way [-side], whither
[-soever].
Perish: 'abad, aw-bad', Hebrew 6; a primitive root; probably
to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish
(causative destroy) :- break, destroy
(-uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, ×
and surely, take, be undone, ×
utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Another
way of saying this particular verse, taken from the original language is this:
Psalm 1:4-6 – The * morally
wrong, actively bad people, the condemned,
guilty, ungodly, wicked people, who did wrong, are not so: but are
like the chaff, which the wind drives away.
[5] Therefore the * ungodly shall
not abide, continue, endure or succeed
in the judgment, nor criminals or ones accounted
guilty in the congregation of the just
and lawful. [6] For the LORD
knows the way of the just and lawful:
but the course of life or mode of action and
conversation of the *ungodly shall fail,
be destroyed, undone, and have no way to flee.