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Psalm 25 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Psalm 25, 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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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Psalm 25 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
בּוּשׁ bûwsh H954 4 pale, be ashamed
קָוָה qâvâh H6960 3 bind, collect
לָמַד lâmad H3925 3 goad, teach
דֶּרֶךְ derek H1870 4 road, trodden
זָכַר zâkar H2142 3 mark, remember
חֶסֶד cheçed H2617 3 kindness, piety
עָנָו ʻânâv H6035 2 depressed, gentle

How preachers through history handled this text

14 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 25, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 Spurgeon 4 Alexander MacLaren 3 Jonathan Edwards 2 John Wesley 1

“The psalmist concludes, as he began, with expressing dependence upon God, and desire toward him. It is good thus to hope, and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord. And if God turns to us, no matter who turns from us. He pleads his own integrity. Though guilty before God, yet, as to his enemies, he had the testimony of conscience that he had done them no wrong. God would, at length, give Israel rest from all their enemies round about. In heaven, God's Israel will be perfectly redeemed from all troubles. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 25:15–30 (Public Domain)

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