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Psalm 17 — Sermon Preparation
David calls for God to hear his righteous cause and keep him as the apple of his eye, hidden under the shadow of God's wings from violent enemies. Below is a research summary for Psalm 17, 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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Psalm 17 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָשֻׁר | ʼâshur | H838 | 2 | step |
| מַת | math | H4962 | 2 | adult, man |
| חָזָה | châzâh | H2372 | 2 | gaze, perceive |
| עַיִן | ʻayin | H5869 | 3 | eye, fountain |
| תְּפִלָּה | tᵉphillâh | H8605 | 2 | intercession, supplication |
| שָׂבַע | sâbaʻ | H7646 | 2 | sate, fill |
| צֶדֶק | tsedeq | H6664 | 2 | right, equity |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 17, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Being compassed with enemies, David prays to God to keep him in safety. This prayer is a prediction that Christ would be preserved, through all the hardships and difficulties of his humiliation, to the glories and joys of his exalted state, and is a pattern to Christians to commit the keeping of their souls to God, trusting him to preserve them to his heavenly kingdom. Those are our worst enemies, that are enemies to our souls. They are God's sword, which cannot move without him, and which he will sheathe when he has done his work with it. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 17:8–30 (Public Domain)
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