He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water:
That bringeth forth his fruit in his season:
His leaf also shall not wither:
And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The second part of the psalm describes the way of the evil man. In the fourth verse there is a double thought-rhyme.
The ungodly are not so:
But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
In the fifth verse the consequences of this worthless, fruitless, unrooted life are shown, again with a double cadence of thought, the first referring to the judgment of God, the second to the judgment of men.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment: