The long delay of three negatives—the anaphora having a peculiar emphasis—frustrates the audience’s appetite for a positive definition of ʼašrê and makes the fulfillment in verse 2 more intense and satisfying. Instead of following the counsel and behavior of guilty sinners and scoffers, the “rewarded” delight in the Law (Heb. tôrâ, literally “catechetical teaching”). I AM authors his teachings out of his sublime nature. Some suggest that the catechetical teaching in view