COMMENTARY BOOK I: PSALMS 1–41 Psalm 1 This poem is classified as a wisdom psalm because it depicts and contrasts dramatically the “two ways,” the two fundamental options for human beings. Hebrew rhetoric often views moral life as action, as choosing, and describes it by mentioning typical actions and their consequences. The psalm divides people into two groups: those obedient to the will of the Lord in verses 1–3, and the wickedly disobedient in verses 4–5. Each group will experience the consequences