Passage Research
Psalm 97 — Sermon Preparation
An enthronement psalm proclaiming God's reign in fire and cloud, before which idols fall to shame and light breaks out for the righteous. Below is a research summary for Psalm 97, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 12
- verses
- 95 / 69
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 97 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׂמַח | sâmach | H8055 | 3 | brighten, be |
| גִּיל | gîyl | H1523 | 2 | spin, rejoice |
| צֶדֶק | tsedeq | H6664 | 2 | right, equity |
| אוֹר | ʼôwr | H215 | 2 | illumination, luminary |
| צַדִּיק | tsaddîyq | H6662 | 2 | just |
| סָבִיב | çâbîyb | H5439 | 2 | circle, neighbour |
| מִשְׁפָּט | mishpâṭ | H4941 | 2 | verdict, sentence |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 97, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This psalm dwells upon the same subject, and is set to the same tune, with the foregoing psalm. Christ is the Alpha and the Omega of both; they are both penned, and are both to be sung to his honour; and we make nothing of them if we do not, in them, make melody with our hearts to the Lord Jesus. He it is that reigns, to the joy of all mankind (ver. 1); and his government speaks, I. Terror to his enemies; for he is a prince of inflexible justice and irresistible power, ver. 2-7. II. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 97:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Zion— Ps 97:8
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