Psalms 1:5

Verse 5. Again. So as to gain their cause, (Amama) or to make opposition; as the Hebrew yakumu, “stand up,” with defiance, intimates. Bible.—They are already judged, (John 3:18) and can make no defence; they being separated from the just, like goats, Kimchi (though he is defended by Amama. Bible.) and some other Jews, falsely assert that the souls of the wicked will be annihilated, and that only the just Israelites will rise again. Buxtorf. Syn. 1.—But this is very different from the belief of the ancient Jews, who clearly assert the truth respecting future rewards and punishments. 2 Maccabees 7:9. 14. 23 and 36. Wisd. 5:1. Josephus. or 4 Maccabees 10. See Job, and so forth—The Fathers have adduced many such proofs from the other parts of Scripture, which they had read with as much attention as modern critics. Calmet.—Council, ( Menochius.) or rather “counsel,” as the same word, βουλη, is used by the Septuagint as verse 1. ( Calmet.) though the Hebrew hadath, here be different, and mean a council, or assembly. Menochius.—Septuagint and Vulg. may be understood in the same sense. Bible.—Sinners shall be destitute of all hope at the resurrection, and shall be driven from the society of the blessed. Worthington.—They will not even be able to complain, since they had been so often admonished of their impending fate, (Bert.) and would not judge themselves in time. Saint Augustine 1 Corinthians 11. Acts 24:15. Prot. “They shall not stand,” and so forth Bible.