John Trapp on Psalms 1:6

Verſ. 6. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous] Or, acknowledgeth, approveth, adminiſtreth, and ordereth all things to their eternal Salvation; as may appear by the oppoſition, wherein there is a Rhetorical Apoſiopeſis. Gods knowledge of men and their ways is not meerly Intuitive, but Approbative of the good, and Vindictive of the evil; [non-Latin text not transcribed] His Providence (which is the carrying on of his Decree) is that helm which turns about the wholeſhip of the Univerſe with ſingular skill and juſtice. Dominus diligit, & dirigit viam, id eſt, vitam & omne inſtitutum juſtorum. See Pſal. 37.18. & 142.4. Nahum 1.7. Prov. 2.8. with the notes there. God knows the righteous by name, Exod. 33.17. knows them for his own, looks upon them and their whole courſe with ſingular delight and complacency; they are his Hephzibah, Iſa. 62.4. the dearly beloved of his Soul, Jer. 12.7. Verba notitiae apud Hebraos ſecum trahunt affectum.

But the way of the ungodly ſhall periſh] Their practices and perſons ſhall periſh together, be done away, be loſt for ever. And why? becauſe the Lord knoweth them not; unleſs it be for black Sheep, as we ſay, or rather for reprobate Goats, Mat. 25. Hence their Souls are flung out, as out of the middle of a ſling, when the Souls of the Saints are bound up in the bundle of life, with the Lord their God, 1 Sam. 25.29.