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Psalm 9 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Psalm 9, 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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preachers & commentators

Psalm 9 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
גּוֹי gôwy H1471 5 nation, a Gentile
אָבַד ʼâbad H6 4 wander, lose
שָׁפַט shâphaṭ H8199 3 judge, sentence
רָשָׁע râshâʻ H7563 3 wrong, bad
מִשְׂגָּב misgâb H4869 2 cliff, lofty
מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ H4941 3 verdict, sentence
נֶצַח netsach H5331 2 goal, splendor

How preachers through history handled this text

9 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 4 Matthew Henry 3 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“Those who believe that God is greatly to be praised, not only desire to praise him better themselves, but desire that others may join with them. There is a day coming, when it will appear that he has not forgotten the cry of the humble; neither the cry of their blood, or the cry of their prayers. We are never brought so low, so near to death, but God can raise us up. If he has saved us from spiritual and eternal death, we may thence hope, that in all our distresses he will be a very present help to us. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 9:11–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Zion — Ps 9:11

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