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Psalm 50 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Psalm 50, 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
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Psalm 50 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
עַתּוּד ʻattûwd H6260 2 prepared, full grown
תּוֹדָה tôwdâh H8426 2 extension, avowal
קָרָא qârâʼ H7121 3 call out to
יָכַח yâkach H3198 2 be right, argue
חָרַשׁ chârash H2790 2 scratch, engrave
דָבַר dâbar H1696 3 arrange, speak
כָּבַד kâbad H3513 2 be heavy, burdensome

How preachers through history handled this text

9 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 50, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 Spurgeon 3 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“Hypocrisy is wickedness, which God will judge. And it is too common, for those who declare the Lord's statutes to others, to live in disobedience to them themselves. This delusion arises from the abuse of God's long-suffering, and a wilful mistake of his character and the intention of his gospel. The sins of sinners will be fully proved on them in the judgment of the great day. The day is coming when God will set their sins in order, sins of childhood and youth, of riper age and old age, to their everlasting shame and terror. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 50:16–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Zion — Ps 50:2

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