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Psalm 104 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Spurgeon 7 Matthew Henry 5 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“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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