Passage Research
Psalm 66 — Sermon Preparation
All the earth is called to shout for joy as the psalmist praises God for mighty acts — the sea turned to dry land — and fulfills his personal vows. Below is a research summary for Psalm 66, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 20
- verses
- 154 / 105
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 66 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זָמַר | zâmar | H2167 | 3 | touch, play |
| שָׁמַע | shâmaʻ | H8085 | 4 | hear, tell |
| יָרֵא | yârêʼ | H3372 | 3 | fearing, reverent |
| שׂוּם | sûwm | H7760 | 3 | put |
| צָרַף | tsâraph | H6884 | 2 | fuse, refine |
| תְּהִלָּה | tᵉhillâh | H8416 | 2 | laudation, hymn |
| תְּפִלָּה | tᵉphillâh | H8605 | 2 | intercession, supplication |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 66, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We should declare unto those that fear God, what he has done for our souls, and how he has heard and answered our prayers, inviting them to join us in prayer and praise; this will turn to our mutual comfort, and to the glory of God. We cannot share these spiritual privileges, if we retain the love of sin in our hearts, though we refrain from the gross practice, Sin, regarded in the heart, will spoil the comfort and success of prayer; for the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of the Lord. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 66:13–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Red Sea 1— Ps 66:6
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