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Psalm 109 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Matthew Henry 4 Gregory the Great 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“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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