Passage Research
Psalm 77 — Sermon Preparation
An Asaph psalm of anguish in which sleepless grief drives the writer to recall the wonders of the Exodus. Below is a research summary for Psalm 77, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 21
- verses
- 154 / 110
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 77 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זָכַר | zâkar | H2142 | 4 | mark, remember |
| שִׂיחַ | sîyach | H7878 | 3 | ponder, converse |
| קוֹל | qôwl | H6963 | 4 | voice, sound |
| מַיִם | mayim | H4325 | 4 | water, juice |
| אֵל | ʼêl | H410 | 3 | strength, mighty |
| פֶּלֶא | peleʼ | H6382 | 2 | miracle |
| רָגַז | râgaz | H7264 | 2 | quiver |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 77, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The remembrance of the works of God, will be a powerful remedy against distrust of his promise and goodness; for he is God, and changes not. God's way is in the sanctuary. We are sure that God is holy in all his works. God's ways are like the deep waters, which cannot be fathomed; like the way of a ship, which cannot be tracked. God brought Israel out of Egypt. This was typical of the great redemption to be wrought out in the fulness of time, both by price and power. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 77:11–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Red Sea 1— Ps 77:16
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