The Ungodly Rising to Judgment
Sir Richard Baker. Psalm 1:5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. They shall not rise in the judgment, this is more than St. Paul would have said himself if he had been in the prophet's place, for who ever thought the ungodly should rise in the judgment, who are sure to fall in the judgment, seeing their judgment shall be to condemnation and not to deliverance? To rise to the judgment is to be brought to public trial, and this is the general resurrection that we believe; but to rise in the judgment is upon trial to come off with credit, and, by the sentence of the Judge, not only to be justified, but advanced. And who ever believed this rising to belong to the wicked? (Sir Richard Baker.) Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. WEB: Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.