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Psalm 46 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Psalm 46, 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
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 46 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מוֹט | môwṭ | H4131 | 3 | waver, slip |
| מִשְׂגָּב | misgâb | H4869 | 2 | cliff, lofty |
| הָמָה | hâmâh | H1993 | 2 | make a loud sound, be in great commotion |
| רוּם | rûwm | H7311 | 2 | be high, rise |
| יַעֲקֹב | Yaʻăqôb | H3290 | 2 | Jaakob |
| צָבָא | tsâbâʼ | H6635 | 2 | mass, army |
| הַר | har | H2022 | 2 | mountain, range |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 46, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This psalm encourages us to hope and trust in God, and his power, and providence, and gracious presence with his church in the worst of times, and directs us to give him the glory of what he has done for us and what he will do: probably it was penned upon occasion of David's victories over the neighbouring nations (2 Sam. viii.), and the rest which God gave him from all his enemies round about. We are here taught, I. To take comfort in God when things look very black and threatening, ver. 1-5. II. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 46:1–30 (Public Domain)
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