Passage Research
Psalm 9 — Sermon Preparation
David praises God for overthrowing his enemies and celebrates the LORD as a refuge for the oppressed whose cry he never forgets. 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.
- 21
- verses
- 164 / 105
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- 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.
“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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