Passage Research
Psalm 67 — Sermon Preparation
A brief but wide-horizoned prayer: may God bless Israel so that his saving ways become known among all nations to the ends of the earth. Below is a research summary for Psalm 67, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 8
- verses
- 53 / 30
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 67 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָדָה | yâdâh | H3034 | 4 | throw, revere |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 5 | people, tribe |
| בָּרַךְ | bârak | H1288 | 3 | kneel, bless |
| לְאֹם | lᵉʼôm | H3816 | 2 | community |
| יְבוּל | yᵉbûwl | H2981 | 1 | produce, crop |
| נְגִינָה | nᵉgîynâh | H5058 | 1 | instrumental music, stringed instrument |
| מִישׁוֹר | mîyshôwr | H4334 | 1 | level, plain |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 67, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This psalm relates to the church and is calculated for the public. Here is, I. A prayer for the prosperity of the church of Israel, ver. 1. II. A prayer for the conversion of the Gentiles and the bringing of them into the church, ver. 2-5. III. A prospect of happy and glorious times when God shall do this, ver. 6, 7. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 67:1–30 (Public Domain)
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