Passage Research
Psalm 32 — Sermon Preparation
David sings of the blessedness of forgiveness — the anguish of unconfessed sin, the relief when he acknowledged his fault, and God's full pardon. Below is a research summary for Psalm 32, 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 32 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עָוֺן | ʻâvôn | H5771 | 3 | perversity, evil |
| אֶשֶׁר | ʼesher | H835 | 2 | happiness, happy! |
| פֶּשַׁע | peshaʻ | H6588 | 2 | revolt |
| כָּסָה | kâçâh | H3680 | 2 | plump, fill up |
| סָבַב | çâbab | H5437 | 2 | revolve, surround |
| חַטָּאָה | chaṭṭâʼâh | H2403 | 2 | offence, penalty |
| רַב | rab | H7227 | 2 | abundant |
How preachers through history handled this text
16 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 32, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This psalm, though it speaks not of Christ, as many of the psalms we have hitherto met with have done, has yet a great deal of gospel in it. The apostle tells us that David, in this psalm, describes "the blessedness of the man unto whom God imputes righteousness without words," Rom. iv. 6. We have here a summary, I. Of gospel grace in the pardon of sin (ver. 1, 2), in divine protection (ver. 7), and divine guidance, ver. 8. II. Of gospel duty. To confess sin (ver. 3-5), to pray (ver. 6), to govern ourselves well (ver. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 32:1–30 (Public Domain)
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