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Psalm 146 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Psalm 146, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 10
- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 146 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הָלַל | hâlal | H1984 | 4 | be clear, shine |
| יָהּ | Yâhh | H3050 | 2 | Jah |
| דּוֹר | dôwr | H1755 | 2 | revolution, age |
| עוֹלָם | ʻôwlâm | H5769 | 2 | concealed, vanishing |
| שָׁמַר | shâmar | H8104 | 2 | hedge, guard |
| עֶשְׁתֹּנָה | ʻeshtônâh | H6250 | 1 | thinking |
| זָקַף | zâqaph | H2210 | 1 | life, comfort |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 146, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This and all the rest of the psalms that follow begin and end with Hallelujah, a word which puts much of God's praise into a little compass; for in it we praise him by his name Jah, the contraction of Jehovah. In this excellent psalm of praise, I. The psalmist engages himself to praise God, ver. 1, 2. II. He engages others to trust in him, which is one necessary and acceptable way of praising him. 1. He shows why we should not trust in men, ver. 3, 4. 2. Why we should trust in God (ver. 5), because of his power in the kingdom of nature (ver. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 146:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Zion — Ps 146:10
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