There is an important difference though. Psalm 1 declares the blessings of the ideal man who never sins or stands with sinners. Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers. (Psalm 1:1) This blessing is for someone who constantly walks in God’s way, which none of us do. In fact, the tense of the Hebrew verbs in Psalm 1:1 indicate that this man is never involved with anything tainted by evil.3 The man of Psalm 1 is