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Psalm 95 — Sermon Preparation
A psalm of invitation to joyful worship of God as creator and shepherd, closing with a solemn warning not to repeat the wilderness rebellion. 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.
- 11
- verses
- 89 / 66
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- 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.
“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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