Passage Research
Psalm 127 — Sermon Preparation
A Solomon Song of Ascents declaring that without the LORD all human effort in building and guarding is futile, and that children are his gift. Below is a research summary for Psalm 127, 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 127 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁוְא | shâvᵉʼ | H7723 | 3 | evil, destructive |
| בָּנָה | bânâh | H1129 | 2 | build |
| שָׁמַר | shâmar | H8104 | 2 | hedge, guard |
| אַשְׁפָּה | ʼashpâh | H827 | 1 | quiver |
| עֶצֶב | ʻetseb | H6089 | 1 | earthen vessel, toil |
| יְדִיד | yᵉdîyd | H3039 | 1 | loved |
| עָמַל | ʻâmal | H5998 | 1 | toil, work severely and with irksomeness |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 127, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This is a family-psalm, as divers before were state-poems and church-poems. It is entitled (as we read it) "for Solomon," dedicated to him by his father. He having a house to build, a city to keep, and seed to raise up to his father, David directs him to look up to God, and to depend upon his providence, without which all his wisdom, care, and industry, would not serve. Some take it to have been penned by Solomon himself, and it may as well be read, "a song of Solomon," who wrote a great many; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 127:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Ps 127:1
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