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Psalm 45 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Psalm 45, 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
15
classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Psalm 45 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
בַּת bath H1323 4 daughter
עַם ʻam H5971 4 people, tribe
יָבַל yâbal H2986 2 flow, bring
עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm H5769 3 concealed, vanishing
הָדָר hâdâr H1926 2 magnificence
עַד ʻad H5703 2 terminus, duration
הֵיכָל hêykâl H1964 2 palace, temple

How preachers through history handled this text

15 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 45, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 6 Matthew Henry 4 Alexander MacLaren 3 Ambrose 1 John Wesley 1

“If we desire to share these blessings, we must hearken to Christ's word. We must forget our carnal and sinful attachments and pursuits. He must be our Lord as well as our Saviour; all idols must be thrown away, that we may give him our whole heart. And here is good encouragement, thus to break off from former alliances. The beauty of holiness, both on the church and on particular believers, is, in the sight of Christ, of great price, and very amiable. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 45:10–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Tyre — Ps 45:12
  • Ophir — Ps 45:9

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