Passage Research
Psalm 55 — Sermon Preparation
David is shaken not by enemies but by the betrayal of a close companion, and calls out: cast your burden on the LORD who will sustain you. Below is a research summary for Psalm 55, 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
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 55 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קֶרֶב | qereb | H7130 | 4 | nearest, center |
| קְרָב | qᵉrâb | H7128 | 2 | hostile encounter |
| שִׂיחַ | sîyach | H7878 | 2 | ponder, converse |
| מִרְמָה | mirmâh | H4820 | 2 | fraud |
| מוֹט | môwṭ | H4131 | 2 | waver, slip |
| אָוֶן | ʼâven | H205 | 2 | nothingness, trouble |
| שָׁלוֹם | shâlôwm | H7965 | 2 | safe, well |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 55, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In every trial let us call upon the Lord, and he will save us. He shall hear us, and not blame us for coming too often; the oftener the more welcome. David had thought all were against him; but now he sees there were many with him, more than he supposed; and the glory of this he gives to God, for it is he that raises us up friends, and makes them faithful to us. There are more true Christians, and believers have more real friends, than in their gloomy hours they suppose. His enemies should be reckoned with, and brought down; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 55:16–30 (Public Domain)
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