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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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Hebrew words / lemmas
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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.

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

“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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