Passage Research
Psalm 134 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Psalm 134, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 3
- verses
- 25 / 18
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 134 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּרַךְ | bârak | H1288 | 3 | kneel, bless |
| מַעֲלָה | maʻălâh | H4609 | 1 | elevation, journey |
| צִיּוֹן | Tsîyôwn | H6726 | 1 | Tsijon, capital |
| שִׁיר | shîyr | H7892 | 1 | song, singing |
| לַיִל | layil | H3915 | 1 | twist, night |
| שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | H8064 | 1 | sky, aloft |
| קֹדֶשׁ | qôdesh | H6944 | 1 | sacred, sanctity |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 134, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This is the last of the fifteen songs of degrees; and, if they were at any time sung all together in the temple-service, it is fitly made the conclusion of them, for the design of it is to stir up the ministers to go on with their work in the night, when the solemnities of the day were over. Some make this psalm to be a dialogue. I. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 134:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem — Ps 134:1
- Zion — Ps 134:3
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