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Psalm 22 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Psalm 22, 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
- 16
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 22 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּטַח | bâṭach | H982 | 4 | hie, precipitately |
| סָפַר | çâphar | H5608 | 3 | score, inscribe |
| הָלַל | hâlal | H1984 | 3 | be clear, shine |
| זֶרַע | zeraʻ | H2233 | 3 | seed, fruit |
| אֵל | ʼêl | H410 | 3 | strength, mighty |
| פָּלַט | pâlaṭ | H6403 | 2 | slip, escape |
| כֶּלֶב | keleb | H3611 | 2 | dog, prostitute |
How preachers through history handled this text
16 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 22, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In these verses we have Christ suffering, and Christ praying; by which we are directed to look for crosses, and to look up to God under them. The very manner of Christ's death is described, though not in use among the Jews. They pierced his hands and his feet, which were nailed to the accursed tree, and his whole body was left so to hang as to suffer the most severe pain and torture. His natural force failed, being wasted by the fire of Divine wrath preying upon his spirits. Who then can stand before God's anger? or who knows the power of it? …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 22:11–21 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Bashan — Ps 22:12
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