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Psalm 83 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Psalm 83, 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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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Psalm 83 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
בָּהַל bâhal H926 2 tremble, palpitate
עַד ʻad H5703 2 terminus, duration
שֵׁם shêm H8034 3 appellation, honor
יָעַץ yâʻats H3289 2 advise, deliberate
שִׁית shîyth H7896 2 place
גְּבָל Gᵉbâl H1381 1 Gebal
דְּמִי dᵉmîy H1824 1 quiet

How preachers through history handled this text

7 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 83, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 3 Spurgeon 2 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be made to fear thy name, and perhaps that will bring them to seek thy name. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 83:9–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • En-dor — Ps 83:10
  • Edom — Ps 83:6
  • Moab 1 — Ps 83:6
  • Amalek — Ps 83:7
  • Ammon — Ps 83:7
  • Gebal 2 — Ps 83:7

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