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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DIVINITY
Darrian Graves
RTCH500
Exegesis Research Paper: Significance and Application Assignment Assignment
December 6, 2023
Exegesis Research Paper: Significance and Application Assignment Assignment
My goal for this assignment is to provide an in-depth breakdown of Psalm 1:1-6
by proving a practical understanding of the text, a historical context, a literary context, a
cultural context and paralleled Scriptures with scholarly resources, when we take time to
look at these Scriptures in Psalm 1 provides the believer three benefits: protected
motives, delighting in Scriptures, and why keep Godly relationships.
Psalm 1: 1-6 reads, “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight
is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is
like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf
does not wither— whatever they do prospers. Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that
the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in
the assembly of the righteous. For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but
the way of the wicked leads to destruction.”
“Psalm” comes from the Hebrew word we use for “praises”. The Psalms is a book
that has a main purpose to give praise to God and encourage all believers of the joy that
lies in Christ. The Psalms is a prophetic poetry book filled with personal words,
instruction, sorrow, joy and anger; the words penned here are even frequently quoted by
Jesus throughout the New Testament. In one of the most beautiful books written in the
Bible we are given honest and open words of Psalm 1. For us to better understand Psalm
1 we must first look at the entire book at large. The Psalms is written into five parts, Part
1 of the Psalms contains Psalm 1-41. Written between 1440 BC and 586 BC, the 150
