The psalmist encourages God's people to seek comfort not from the past but from the future, deriving hope from the fact that God will one day appear in judgment. The psalm reflects on the importance of understanding and the folly of the wicked, who think that God doesn't listen, see, or rebuke. The happy person, the blessed person, is not the one who wanders off into the lawlessness or cluelessness of the wicked, but instead embraces the discipline of the Lord.
