The core of the psalm is the classic sapiential (wisdom) contrast between two lifestyles:
Understand its historical-critical methodology (not devotional or homiletic in the first instance). hermeneia psalms 1
For the preacher, Mays offers a rock-solid foundation. For the scholar, he provides a dialogue partner. For the serious Christian, he reveals the opening notes of the “hymnbook of the Second Temple”—a hymnbook that begins not with a song of praise, but with a call to wisdom. That is the enduring gift of Hermeneia: Psalms 1 . The core of the psalm is the classic