Passage Research
Psalm 36 — Sermon Preparation
A contrast between the wicked who plot harm on their beds and God whose steadfast love reaches to the heavens and whose justice is like the great mountains. Below is a research summary for Psalm 36, 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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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 36 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָוֶן | ʼâven | H205 | 3 | nothingness, trouble |
| חֶסֶד | cheçed | H2617 | 3 | kindness, piety |
| צְדָקָה | tsᵉdâqâh | H6666 | 2 | rightness, rectitude |
| אוֹר | ʼôwr | H216 | 2 | illumination, luminary |
| רָשָׁע | râshâʻ | H7563 | 2 | wrong, bad |
| אָדָם | ʼâdâm | H120 | 2 | ruddy, human being |
| לֵב | lêb | H3820 | 2 | heart, feelings |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 36, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Men may shut up their compassion, yet, with God we shall find mercy. This is great comfort to all believers, plainly to be seen, and not to be taken away. God does all wisely and well; but what he does we know not now, it is time enough to know hereafter. God's loving-kindness is precious to the saints. They put themselves under his protection, and then are safe and easy. Gracious souls, though still desiring more of God, never desire more than God. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 36:5–30 (Public Domain)
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