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Psalm 90 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Psalm 90, 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 90 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
שָׁנֶה shâneh H8141 6 year, revolution
בֹּקֶר bôqer H1242 3 dawn, morning
חָלַף châlaph H2498 2 slide, hasten
עֶבְרָה ʻebrâh H5678 2 outburst
שׁוּב shûwb H7725 3 turn, return
שָׂמַח sâmach H8055 2 brighten, be
דּוֹר dôwr H1755 2 revolution, age

How preachers through history handled this text

15 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 90, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 5 Matthew Henry 4 Ambrose 2 Alexander MacLaren 2 John Wesley 2

“Those who would learn true wisdom, must pray for Divine instruction, must beg to be taught by the Holy Spirit; and for comfort and joy in the returns of God's favour. They pray for the mercy of God, for they pretend not to plead any merit of their own. His favour would be a full fountain of future joys. It would be a sufficient balance to former griefs. Let the grace of God in us produce the light of good works. And let Divine consolations put gladness into our hearts, and a lustre upon our countenances. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 90:12–30 (Public Domain)

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