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Psalm 95 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Psalm 95, 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 95 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
רוּעַ rûwaʻ H7321 2 mar, split
יָד yâd H3027 3 hand, open
לֵבָב lêbâb H3824 2 heart
גָּדוֹל gâdôwl H1419 2 great, older
עַם ʻam H5971 2 people, tribe
מֶחְקָר mechqâr H4278 1 scrutinized, recess
יַבֶּשֶׁת yabbesheth H3006 1 dry ground

How preachers through history handled this text

8 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 95, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 3 Spurgeon 2 Ambrose 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“For the expounding of this psalm we may borrow a great deal of light from the apostle's discourse, Heb. iii. and iv., where it appears both to have been penned by David and to have been calculated for the days of the Messiah; for it is there said expressly (Heb. iv. 7) that the day here spoken of (ver. 7) is to be understood of the gospel day, in which God speaks to us by his Son in a voice which we are concerned to hear, and proposes to us a rest besides that of Canaan. In singing psalms it is intended, I. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 95:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Massah — Ps 95:8
  • Meribah 2 — Ps 95:8

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