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Psalm 104 — Sermon Preparation
A creation hymn celebrating God's majesty displayed in the natural world — sky, sea, springs, seasons, and every living creature sustained by his hand. Below is a research summary for Psalm 104, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 35
- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 14
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 104 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַר | har | H2022 | 6 | mountain, range |
| רוּחַ | rûwach | H7307 | 4 | wind, breath |
| חַי | chay | H2416 | 4 | alive, raw |
| שָׂבַע | sâbaʻ | H7646 | 3 | sate, fill |
| שָׂמַח | sâmach | H8055 | 3 | brighten, be |
| מַעֲשֶׂה | maʻăseh | H4639 | 3 | action, transaction |
| עֲלִיָּה | ʻălîyâh | H5944 | 2 | lofty, stair-way |
How preachers through history handled this text
14 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 104, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We are to praise and magnify God for the constant succession of day and night. And see how those are like to the wild beasts, who wait for the twilight, and have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Does God listen to the language of mere nature, even in ravenous creatures, and shall he not much more interpret favourably the language of grace in his own people, though weak and broken groanings which cannot be uttered? …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 104:19–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Lebanon— Ps 104:16
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