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Psalm 87 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Psalm 87, 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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- preachers & commentators
Psalm 87 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָלַד | yâlad | H3205 | 3 | bear young, beget |
| צִיּוֹן | Tsîyôwn | H6726 | 2 | Tsijon, capital |
| שִׁיר | shîyr | H7891 | 2 | song, singing |
| יְסוּדָה | yᵉçûwdâh | H3248 | 1 | foundation |
| רַהַב | Rahab | H7294 | 1 | Rahab, boaster |
| פְּלֶשֶׁת | Pᵉlesheth | H6429 | 1 | Pelesheth |
| הָרָר | hârâr | H2042 | 1 | mountain |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 87, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The foregoing psalm was very plain and easy, but in this are things dark and hard to be understood. It is an encomium of Zion, as a type and figure of the gospel-church, to which what is here spoken is very applicable. Zion, for the temple's sake, is here preferred, I. Before the rest of the land of Canaan, as being crowned with special tokens of God's favour, ver. 1-3. II. Before any other place or country whatsoever, as being replenished with more eminent men and with a greater plenty of divine blessings, ver. 4-7. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 87:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Zion — Ps 87:2
- Babylon 1 — Ps 87:4
- Cush 1 — Ps 87:4
- Egypt — Ps 87:4
- Jerusalem — Ps 87:4
- Philistia — Ps 87:4
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