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Psalm 112 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Psalm 112, 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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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Psalm 112 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָרֵא | yârêʼ | H3372 | 3 | fear, revere |
| עַד | ʻad | H5703 | 2 | terminus, duration |
| יָשָׁר | yâshâr | H3477 | 2 | straight |
| צְדָקָה | tsᵉdâqâh | H6666 | 2 | rightness, rectitude |
| צַדִּיק | tsaddîyq | H6662 | 2 | just |
| רָשָׁע | râshâʻ | H7563 | 2 | wrong, bad |
| עוֹלָם | ʻôwlâm | H5769 | 2 | concealed, vanishing |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 112, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This psalm is composed alphabetically, as the former is, and is (like the former) entitled "Hallelujah," though it treats of the happiness of the saints, because it redounds to the glory of God, and whatever we have the pleasure of he must have the praise of. It is a comment upon the last verse of the foregoing psalm, and fully shows how much it is our wisdom to fear God and do his commandments. We have here, I. The character of the righteous, ver. 1. II. The blessedness of the righteous. 1. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 112:1–30 (Public Domain)
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