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Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents
1:5-6 Contrasting Outcomes of Their Lives. These two verses lead readers to reflect on where these two kinds of life are headed, showing that God will make the contrast last forever.
1:5 Therefore indicates that these verses are the conclusion of the psalm. judgment. This could be any particular judgment that falls on the wicked in this life, but it is more likely the final judgment, which allows some to enter the congregation of the righteous, while excluding others (Eccles. 12:14).
1:6 Knows must be something stronger than simply "knows about," since God knows about the wicked and their deepest secrets (cf. 94:8-11). Some have argued that the word means "cares for," but it is better to take this as "knows with affection and approval, i.e., prefers" (cf. Gen. 18:19; Amos 3:2). will perish. That is, end in destruction.
