Passage Research
Psalm 8 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Psalm 8, 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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- classic sermon excerpts
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Psalm 8 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | H8064 | 3 | sky, aloft |
| אַדִּיר | ʼaddîyr | H117 | 2 | wide, large |
| מַעֲשֶׂה | maʻăseh | H4639 | 2 | action, transaction |
| אָדוֹן | ʼâdôwn | H113 | 2 | sovereign, controller |
| יָם | yâm | H3220 | 2 | sea, large body of water |
| שֵׁם | shêm | H8034 | 2 | appellation, honor |
| צֹנֵא | tsônêʼ | H6792 | 1 | flock |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This psalm is a solemn meditation on, and admiration of, the glory and greatness of God, of which we are all concerned to think highly and honourably. It begins and ends with the same acknowledgment of the transcendent excellency of God's name. It is proposed for proof (ver. 1) that God's name is excellent in all the earth, and then it is repeated as proved (with a "quod erat demonstrandum"--which was to be demonstrated) in the last verse. For the proof of God's glory the psalmist gives instances of his goodness to man; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 8:1–30 (Public Domain)
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