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Psalm 28 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Psalm 28, 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 28 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
תַּחֲנוּן tachănûwn H8469 2 prayer
עֹז ʻôz H5797 2 strength, force
יָד yâd H3027 3 hand, open
מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh H4639 2 action, transaction
בָּרַךְ bârak H1288 2 kneel, bless
קוֹל qôwl H6963 2 voice, sound
לֵב lêb H3820 2 heart, feelings

How preachers through history handled this text

7 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 28, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 3 Spurgeon 2 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“The former part of this psalm is the prayer of a saint militan and now in distress (ver. 1-3), to which is added the doom of God's implacable enemies, ver. 4, 5. The latter part of the psalm is the thanksgiving of a saint triumphant, and delivered out of his distresses (ver. 6-8), to which is added a prophetical prayer for all God's faithful loyal subjects, ver. 9. So that it is hard to say which of these two conditions David was in when he penned it. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 28:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Most Holy Place 2 — Ps 28:2

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