Passage Research
Psalm 109 — Sermon Preparation
A David imprecatory psalm calling down detailed curses on a treacherous accuser who repaid love with hatred, paired with a plea for divine vindication. Below is a research summary for Psalm 109, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 31
- verses
- 227 / 148
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 109 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׂטַן | sâṭan | H7853 | 3 | attack, accuse |
| חֶסֶד | cheçed | H2617 | 4 | kindness, piety |
| נוּעַ | nûwaʻ | H5128 | 3 | waver |
| אֶבְיוֹן | ʼebyôwn | H34 | 3 | destitute |
| רָשָׁע | râshâʻ | H7563 | 3 | wrong, bad |
| עָטָה | ʻâṭâh | H5844 | 2 | wrap, cover |
| שִׂנְאָה | sinʼâh | H8135 | 2 | hate |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 109, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that mischievous, destructive thing. And what will be the effect of the sentence, "Go, ye cursed," upon the bodies and souls of the wicked! …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 109:6–20 (Public Domain)
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