Passage Research
Psalm 129 — Sermon Preparation
A Song of Ascents reflecting on Israel's long history of oppression that has never succeeded, praying that enemies will wither like rooftop grass. Below is a research summary for Psalm 129, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 8
- verses
- 54 / 45
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 129 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נָעוּר | nâʻûwr | H5271 | 2 | youth, juvenility |
| צָרַר | tsârar | H6887 | 2 | cramp |
| חָרַשׁ | chârash | H2790 | 2 | scratch, engrave |
| רַב | rab | H7227 | 2 | abundant |
| חֵצֶן | chêtsen | H2683 | 1 | bosom |
| מַעֲנָה | maʻănâh | H4618 | 1 | furrow |
| עָמַר | ʻâmar | H6014 | 1 | heap, chastise |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 129, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This psalm relates to the public concerns of God's Israel. It is not certain when it was penned, probably when they were in captivity in Babylon, or about the time of their return. I. They look back with thankfulness for the former deliverances God had wrought for them and their fathers out of the many distresses they had been in from time to time, ver. 1-4. II. They look forward with a believing prayer for and a prospect of the destruction of all the enemies of Zion, ver. 5-8. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 129:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Ps 129:1
- Zion— Ps 129:5
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