Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 1:4

"The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away." — Psalms 1:4 (ASV)

The ungodly. —Better, Not so the ungodly.

But are like. —They shall be winnowed out of the society of the true Israel by the fan of God’s judgment. The image is a striking one, although so frequent as almost to have become a poetical commonplace (Habakkuk 3:12; Joel 3:14; Jeremiah 51:33; Isaiah 21:10). (See Bible Educator, iv. 4.)