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Psalm 5 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Psalm 5, 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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Psalm 5 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
רֹב rôb H7230 2 abundance
בֹּקֶר bôqer H1242 2 dawn, morning
קוֹל qôwl H6963 2 voice, sound
נְחִילָה nᵉchîylâh H5155 1 flute
שֶׁוַע shevaʻ H7773 1 halloo
הָגִיג hâgîyg H1901 1 murmur, complaint
שָׁרַר shârar H8324 1 be hostile

How preachers through history handled this text

7 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 3 Alexander MacLaren 2 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“David prayed often alone, yet was very constant in attendance on public worship. The mercy of God should ever be the foundation both of our hope and of our joy, in every thing wherein we have to do with him. Let us learn to pray, not for ourselves only, but for others; grace be with all that love Christ in sincerity. The Divine blessing comes down upon us through Jesus Christ, the righteous or just One, as of old it did upon Israel through David, whom God protected, and placed upon the throne. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 5:7–30 (Public Domain)

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