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Psalm 67 — Sermon Preparation

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.

Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“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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