Passage Research
Psalm 130 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Psalm 130, 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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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 130 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲדֹנָי | ʼĂdônây | H136 | 3 | Lord |
| שָׁמַר | shâmar | H8104 | 3 | hedge, guard |
| יָחַל | yâchal | H3176 | 2 | wait, be patient |
| קָוָה | qâvâh | H6960 | 2 | bind, collect |
| בֹּקֶר | bôqer | H1242 | 2 | dawn, morning |
| עָוֺן | ʻâvôn | H5771 | 2 | perversity, evil |
| קוֹל | qôwl | H6963 | 2 | voice, sound |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 130, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This psalm relates not to any temporal concern, either personal or public, but it is wholly taken up with the affairs of the soul. It is reckoned one of the seven penitential psalms, which have sometimes been made use of by penitents, upon their admission into the church; and, in singing it, we are all concerned to apply it to ourselves. The psalmist here expresses, I. His desire towards God, ver. 1, 2. II. His repentance before God, ver. 3, 4. III. His attendance upon God, ver. 5, 6. IV. His expectations from God, ver. 7, 8. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 130:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem — Ps 130:1
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