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Psalm 84 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Psalm 84, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 13
- verses
- 116 / 80
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 12
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 84 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶשֶׁר | ʼesher | H835 | 3 | happiness, happy! |
| צָבָא | tsâbâʼ | H6635 | 4 | mass, army |
| מָגֵן | mâgên | H4043 | 2 | shield, protector |
| שִׁית | shîyth | H7896 | 2 | place |
| חָצֵר | châtsêr | H2691 | 2 | yard, hamlet |
| חַיִל | chayil | H2428 | 2 | force, army |
| אָדָם | ʼâdâm | H120 | 2 | ruddy, human being |
How preachers through history handled this text
12 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 84, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In all our addresses to God, we must desire that he would look on Christ, his Anointed One, and accept us for his sake: we must look to Him with faith, and then God will with favour look upon the face of the Anointed: we, without him, dare not show our faces. The psalmist pleads love to God's ordinances. Let us account one day in God's courts better than a thousand spent elsewhere; and deem the meanest place in his service preferable to the highest earthly preferment. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 84:8–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Zion — Ps 84:5
- Valley of Baca — Ps 84:6
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