Passage Research
Psalm 117 — Sermon Preparation
The shortest psalm, summoning all nations to praise the LORD whose steadfast love and faithfulness endure forever. Below is a research summary for Psalm 117, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 2
- verses
- 17 / 14
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 117 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הָלַל | hâlal | H1984 | 2 | be clear, shine |
| אֻמַּה | ʼummah | H523 | 1 | collection, community |
| שָׁבַח | shâbach | H7623 | 1 | address in a loud tone, loud |
| גָּבַר | gâbar | H1396 | 1 | be strong, prevail |
| יָהּ | Yâhh | H3050 | 1 | Jah |
| אֶמֶת | ʼemeth | H571 | 1 | stability, certainty |
| חֶסֶד | cheçed | H2617 | 1 | kindness, piety |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 117, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This psalm is short and sweet; I doubt the reason why we sing it so often as we do is for the shortness of it; but, if we rightly understood and considered it, we should sing it oftener for the sweetness of it, especially to us sinners of the Gentiles, on whom it casts a very favourable eye. Here is, I. A solemn call to all nations to praise God, ver. 1. II. Proper matter for that praise suggested, ver. 2. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 117:1–30 (Public Domain)
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