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Psalm 64 — Sermon Preparation
David prays for protection from enemies who sharpen their tongues like swords and shoot from hiding, and declares God will suddenly turn their arrows back. Below is a research summary for Psalm 64, 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 64 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָרָה | yârâh | H3384 | 3 | flow, lay |
| חָפַשׂ | châphas | H2664 | 2 | seek, conceal oneself |
| חֵץ | chêts | H2671 | 2 | piercer, arrow |
| לָשׁוֹן | lâshôwn | H3956 | 2 | tongue |
| יָרֵא | yârêʼ | H3372 | 2 | fear, revere |
| לֵב | lêb | H3820 | 2 | heart, feelings |
| רָאָה | râʼâh | H7200 | 2 | see |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 64, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This whole psalm has reference to David's enemies, persecutors, and slanderers; many such there were, and a great deal of trouble they gave him, almost all his days, so that we need not guess at any particular occasion of penning this psalm. I. He prays to God to preserve him from their malicious designs against him, ver. 1, 2. II. He gives a very bad character of them, as men marked for ruin by their own wickedness, ver. 3-6. III. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 64:1–30 (Public Domain)
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