(1) "Happy the man:" comp. psalm 2:12; here, obedience ; there, faith.

(2) Contrast with psalm 2:1:here he meditates on Jehovah's law; there they meditate rebellion.

(3) Compare the fig-tree blasted for its fruitlessness (Matt. 21:19.), the figure of that generation of the Jews. The next figure of the chaff also John the Baptist uses.

(5) "Nor sinners:" see Isaiah 4:3, 4:Israel will thus become a nation all holy, according to the terms of the new covenant; none shall have need to say to another, Know the Lord.

(6) "The way of the wicked:" comp. 2:12.