| Psalm 1 | |
|---|---|
| "Blessed is the man" | |
 Large Beatus initial from the Leiden Psalter of Saint Louis, 1190s | |
| Other name |
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| Language | Hebrew (original) |
| Psalm 1 | |
|---|---|
Psalm 2 → | |
| Book | Book of Psalms |
| Hebrew Bible part | Ketuvim |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 1 |
| Category | Sifrei Emet |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 19 |
Psalm 1 is the first psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in the English King James Version: "Blessed is the man", and forming "an appropriate prologue" to the whole collection according to Alexander Kirkpatrick.[1] The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible,[2] and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In Latin, this psalm is known as "Beatus vir" [3] or "Beatus vir, qui non abiit".[4]
The psalm is a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican liturgies in addition to Protestant psalmody.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, A. F. (1906), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Psalm 1, accessed 11 September 2021
- ^ Mazor 2011, p. 589.
- ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 1 Archived 11 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine medievalist.net
- ^ Church of England, Book of Common Prayer: The Psalter as printed by John Baskerville in 1762