Passage Research
Psalm 57 — Sermon Preparation
Hiding in a cave from Saul, David shelters under God's wings and vows to awake the dawn with praises that will ring among all the nations. Below is a research summary for Psalm 57, 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
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 57 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | H8064 | 4 | sky, aloft |
| עוּר | ʻûwr | H5782 | 3 | wake |
| כָּבוֹד | kâbôwd | H3519 | 3 | weight, splendor |
| כּוּן | kûwn | H3559 | 3 | be erect, set up |
| חָסָה | châçâh | H2620 | 2 | flee, confide |
| נֶפֶשׁ | nephesh | H5315 | 3 | breathing creature, animal |
| זָמַר | zâmar | H2167 | 2 | touch, play |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 57, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This psalm is very much like that which goes next before it; it was penned upon a like occasion, when David was both in danger of trouble and in temptation to sin; it begins as that did, "Be merciful to me;" the method also is the same. I. He begins with prayer and complaint, yet not without some assurance of speeding in his request, ver. 1-6. II. He concludes with joy and praise, ver. 7-11. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 57:1–30 (Public Domain)
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