Passage Research
Psalm 124 — Sermon Preparation
A David Song of Ascents of communal thanksgiving, acknowledging that Israel would have been swallowed by enemies had the LORD not been on their side. Below is a research summary for Psalm 124, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 8
- verses
- 57 / 40
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 124 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פַּח | pach | H6341 | 2 | sheet, spring net |
| נֶפֶשׁ | nephesh | H5315 | 3 | breathing creature, animal |
| מָלַט | mâlaṭ | H4422 | 2 | be smooth, escape |
| עָבַר | ʻâbar | H5674 | 2 | cross, transition |
| מַיִם | mayim | H4325 | 2 | water, juice |
| זֵידוֹן | zêydôwn | H2121 | 1 | boiling of water, wave |
| יָקֹשׁ | yâqôsh | H3369 | 1 | ensnare |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 124, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“David penned this psalm (we suppose) upon occasion of some great deliverance which God wrought for him and his people from some very threatening danger, which was likely to have involved them all in ruin, whether by foreign invasion, or intestine insurrection, is not certain; whatever it was he seems to have been himself much affected, and very desirous to affect others, with the goodness of God, in making a way for them to escape. To him he is careful to give all the glory, and takes none to himself as conquerors usually do. I. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 124:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Ps 124:1
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