Notes for He is like a tree . . .

1. Patrick D. Miller, Jr., Interpreting the Psalms (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986) 83; emphasis his.

2. The similarity between Psm 1 and these verses in Jer raises the interesting question of whether Psm 1 was a composition already circulating in Israel in the time of Jeremiah and the prophet was alluding to and paraphrasing it. Unfortunately, the question cannot be answered with any useful certainty.