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Psalm 3 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Psalm 3, 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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preachers & commentators

Psalm 3 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יְשׁוּעָה yᵉshûwʻâh H3444 2 saved, deliverance
רַב rab H7227 2 abundant
קוּם qûwm H6965 2 rise
עַם ʻam H5971 2 people, tribe
רָבַב râbab H7231 1 cast together, increase
רְבָבָה rᵉbâbâh H7233 1 abundance, myriad
לְחִי lᵉchîy H3895 1 cheek, fleshiness

How preachers through history handled this text

6 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 3 Ambrose 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“Care and grief do us good, when they engage us to pray to God, as in earnest. David had always found God ready to answer his prayers. Nothing can fix a gulf between the communications of God's grace towards us, and the working of his grace in us; between his favour and our faith. He had always been very safe under the Divine protection. This is applicable to the common mercies of every night, for which we ought to give thanks every morning. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 3:4–30 (Public Domain)

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