What does Psalms 1:3 mean?

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Psalms 1:3, King James Version

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The verse in its chapter

Psalms 1:1-5

  1. 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
  2. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
  3. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
  4. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
  5. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Study note

Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0).

1:3-5 The future belongs to the godly.

1:3 Well-watered trees endure and bear abundant fruit (cp. Jer 17:8).

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About the book of Psalms

Author
several authors; 73 psalms bear David's name in the title
When
from the 10th century BC to after the exile
Period
Reino unido, c. 1050 a 930 a.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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