Passage Research
Psalm 108 — Sermon Preparation
A David psalm joining morning praise to a confident prayer for divine help in battle against surrounding enemies. Below is a research summary for Psalm 108, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 14
- verses
- 99 / 78
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 108 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זָמַר | zâmar | H2167 | 2 | touch, play |
| עוּר | ʻûwr | H5782 | 2 | wake |
| אֱדֹם | ʼĔdôm | H123 | 2 | Edom |
| צַר | tsar | H6862 | 2 | narrow, tight |
| שִׁיר | shîyr | H7891 | 2 | song, singing |
| כָּבוֹד | kâbôwd | H3519 | 2 | weight, splendor |
| שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | H8064 | 2 | sky, aloft |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 108, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This psalm begins with praise and concludes with prayer, and faith is at work in both. I. David here gives thanks to God for mercies to himself, ver. 1-5. II. He prays to God for mercies for the land, pleading the promises of God and putting them in suit, ver. 6-13. The former part it taken out of Ps. lvii. 7, &c., the latter out of Ps. lx. 5, &c., and both with very little variation, to teach us that we may in prayer use the same words that we have formerly used, provided it be with new affections. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 108:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Edom— Ps 108:10
- Shechem— Ps 108:7
- Valley of Succoth— Ps 108:7
- Gilead 1— Ps 108:8
- Moab 1— Ps 108:9
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