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Psalm 93 — Sermon Preparation

A brief enthronement psalm proclaiming God's royal majesty and sovereignty over the roaring floods of chaos and all creation. Below is a research summary for Psalm 93, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

5
verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
3
classic sermon excerpts
3
preachers & commentators

Psalm 93 in the Hebrew

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

HebrewTransliterationStrong'sCountGlosses
נָהָרnâhârH51043stream, prosperity
אַדִּירʼaddîyrH1172wide, large
נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53753lift
לָבַשׁlâbashH38472wrap around, put on a garment
כּוּןkûwnH35592be erect, set up
קוֹלqôwlH69632voice, sound
דֳּכִיdŏkîyH17961dashing of surf

How preachers through history handled this text

3 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 93, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry1Alexander MacLaren1John Wesley1

“This short psalm sets forth the honour of the kingdom of God among men, to his glory, the terror of his enemies, and the comfort of all his loving subjects. It relates both to the kingdom of his providence, by which he upholds and governs the world, and especially to the kingdom of his grace, by which he secures the church, sanctifies and preserves it. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 93:1–30 (Public Domain)

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