Passage Research
Psalm 35 — Sermon Preparation
David calls on God to contend with those who contend against him without cause, humiliate his attackers, and vindicate the one they sought to destroy. Below is a research summary for Psalm 35, 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 35 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נֶפֶשׁ | nephesh | H5315 | 8 | breathing creature, animal |
| שׁוֹא | shôwʼ | H7722 | 3 | tempest, devastation |
| שָׂמַח | sâmach | H8055 | 4 | brighten, be |
| צֶדֶק | tsedeq | H6664 | 3 | right, equity |
| חָפֵר | châphêr | H2659 | 2 | blush, be ashamed |
| אֲדֹנָי | ʼĂdônây | H136 | 3 | Lord |
| רֶשֶׁת | resheth | H7568 | 2 | net, catching |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 35, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David prays, My soul is in danger, Lord, rescue it; it belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not far from me, as if I were a stranger. He who exalted the once suffering Redeemer, will appear for all his people: the roaring lion shall not destroy their souls, any more than he could that of Christ, their Surety. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 35:17–30 (Public Domain)
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