Passage Research
Psalm 52 — Sermon Preparation
David contrasts the powerful man who boasts of evil and trusts in riches with the righteous who will flourish like a green olive tree in God's house. Below is a research summary for Psalm 52, 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
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Psalm 52 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַוָּה | havvâh | H1942 | 2 | falling), desire |
| לָשׁוֹן | lâshôwn | H3956 | 2 | tongue |
| בָּטַח | bâṭach | H982 | 2 | hie, precipitately |
| אָהַב | ʼâhab | H157 | 2 | have affection |
| אֵל | ʼêl | H410 | 2 | strength, mighty |
| חֶסֶד | cheçed | H2617 | 2 | kindness, piety |
| עוֹלָם | ʻôwlâm | H5769 | 2 | concealed, vanishing |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 52, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“David, no doubt, was in very great grief when he said to Abiathar (1 Sam. xxii. 22), "I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house," who were put to death upon Doeg's malicious information; to give some vent to that grief, and to gain some relief to his mind under it, he penned this psalm, wherein, as a prophet, and therefore with as good an authority as if he had been now a prince upon the throne, I. He arraigns Doeg for what he had done, ver. 1. II. He accuses him, convicts him, and aggravates his crimes, ver. 2-4. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 52:1–30 (Public Domain)
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