Passage Research
Psalm 19 — Sermon Preparation
Creation proclaims God's glory without words, and God's law is more desirable than gold — two witnesses to the one Creator. Below is a research summary for Psalm 19, 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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- classic sermon excerpts
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Psalm 19 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֹמֶר | ʼômer | H562 | 2 | |
| רַב | rab | H7227 | 3 | abundant |
| נָקָה | nâqâh | H5352 | 2 | be, make |
| סָתַר | çâthar | H5641 | 2 | hide |
| קָצֶה | qâtseh | H7097 | 2 | extremity |
| לַיִל | layil | H3915 | 2 | twist, night |
| שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | H8064 | 2 | sky, aloft |
How preachers through history handled this text
16 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 19, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“God's word warns the wicked not to go on in his wicked way, and warns the righteous not to turn from his good way. There is a reward, not only after keeping, but in keeping God's commandments. Religion makes our comforts sweet, and our crosses easy, life truly valuable, and death itself truly desirable. David not only desired to be pardoned and cleansed from the sins he had discovered and confessed, but from those he had forgotten or overlooked. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 19:11–30 (Public Domain)
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