Perhaps there was one "man" of special mischief prominent among them, but it is not safe to treat that expression as anything but a collective. My God is the saving health of my countenance. The two psalms (Psalms 42:1-11, Psalms 43:1-5) are plainly one. Are they not a kind of harts that the Apostle addresses, saying, Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the Law of Christ? Psalms 42 expresses the writers yearning for God. We don't know when the psalms were gathered into five books, but the separation dates back to before our oldest manuscripts, compiled in the Masoretic Text. RELATING TO THE PSALM Yet, with the strange but universal love of summoning up remembrance of departed joys, the psalmist finds a certain pleasure in the pain of recalling how he. Without it we die. Psalm 22 is an excellent choice for a sermon on Good Friday because, according to Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34, Jesus, "the man of sorrows" (Is 53:3), voiced the haunting opening words of this magnificent psalm, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" in his dying moment on the cross of Golgotha. What is going on here? Strip away allow God to strip away all the things that give us temporary satisfaction. Romans8:24-25. The shifting of the initial word of Psalms 42:6 to the end of Psalms 42:5, and the substitution of My for His, bring the three refrains into line, and avoid the harsh expression "help of His countenance." a Levite, led the festal march to the Temple, and in listening in fancy again to the shrill cries of joy which broke from the tumultuous crowd. : 42:2-6) The . It "pants" and "thirsts," is "cast down" and disquieted; it is "poured out"; it can be bidden to "hope." But seeing, brethren, so long as we are at home in this body, we are absent from the Lord; 2Corinthians5:6 and the corruptible body presses down the soul, and the earthly tabernacle weighs down the mind that muses on many things; Wisdom9:15 even though we have some way or other dispersed the clouds, by walking as longing leads us on, and for a brief while have come within reach of that sound, so that by an effort we may catch something from that house of God, yet through the burden, so to speak, of our infirmity, we sink back to our usual level, and relapse to our ordinary state. Tries to ignore thirst. He designed us that way. The psalmist was far from Jerusalem and the central sanctuary. The "soul" is the seat of emotions and desires. He hacked into the Harvard server, downloaded private dormitory ID photos, and posted them on his blog. Psalms 42-72 (Reformed Expository Commentary) Hardcover - November 11, 2019 by Richard D. Phillips (Author) 11 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover $33.98 4 New from $23.88 In the inspired poems of the Psalms, we find the full range of human emotions laid bare before the heart of God and in settings familiar to our experience. Deep calls to deep with the voice of Your water-spouts. Psalm 42 - "The Yearning of the Exiled, Despairing Soul for Fellowship in God's Presence" Psalm 43 - "The Psalmist's Plea to Rescue Him from Exile and Take Him to Jerusalem to Worship" (Psalm 42 and Psalm 43 are one psalm in the Hebrew text, although the numbering system remains the same.) Emotion varies, but God is the same. Therefore the refrain comes for a third time; and this time the longing, trembling soul continues at the height to which the better self has lifted it, and silently acknowledges that it need not have been cast down. There is great similarity between the content of these psalms and the ones David wrote. [Note: Merrill, "Psalms," p. Just as if his soul was silently replying to him, Why do I disquiet you, but because I am not yet there, where that delight is, to which I was, as it were, rapt for a moment? And, as it seems to answer, Would you not have me disquiet you, placed as I am here in so great evils? Evidently he was near the Hermon range of mountains that stood north of the Sea of Chinnereth (Galilee). Christ Jesus is the one who died more than that, who was raised who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for you. P. J. Tibayan. For in tribulation every one must be profited by what he heard in the time of security. The preceding verses have given ample reason why she has been dejected, but now she is summoned to repeat them to a judicial ear. So rather than prepare a sermon, I simply wrote a letter. A. The twofold emotions of Psalms 42:6 recur in Psalms 42:7-8, where we have first renewed despondency and then reaction into hope. Psalm 42 STROPHE DIVISIONS OF MODERN TRANSLATIONS READING CYCLE THREE (see "Guide to Good Bible Reading") FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S INTENT AT PARAGRAPH LEVEL This is a study guide commentary which means that you are responsible for your own interpretation of the Bible. Translated by J.E. But the gloomier mood has shot its last bolt. In the house of God there is a never-ending festival: for there it is not an occasion celebrated once, and then to pass away. A similar bit of local colour is generally recognised in Psalms 42:7. Esther 4 - For Such a Time as This. The stage of mechanical repetition of complaints is not far from that of cessation of them. Deliver me, O my God! The insufficiency of the circumstances described to warrant the vehement emotions expressed is implied in the summons. In this Psalm David, who is himself a shepherd, describes the LORD as his own personal shepherd. He longed for God, whom he confidently expected to be able to praise in the future when the Lord would deliver him. Numbers 26:10-11) were distinguished musicians (1 Chronicles 6:31-48). The region intended seems to be "the northeastern corner of Palestine, near the lower slopes of Hermons" (Cheyne. Preaching Christ from Psalms: Foundations for Expository Sermons in the Christian Year by SIdney Greidanus Publisher: Eerdmans , 2016 ISBN: 9780802873668 3 ratings Digital $26.99 Digital (Group) $26.99 Overview I know this is a given but prayer prepares the preacher's heart for the studying of God's word (1 Peter 2:1-2) and it prepares the preacher's mind to receive clarity and insight into God's word (Psalm 119:18). Arise, O Lord! In this that I suffer are all Your waves; in the severer punishment that Thou threatenest, all Your overhangings have come unto me. With the alternation of mood already noticed as characteristic, the singer looks forward, even from the midst of overwhelming seas of trouble, to a future day when God will give His angel, Mercy or Lovingkindness, charge concerning him and draw him out of many waters. He could not obtain the refreshment he needed yet, but he looked forward to finding it soon. Decisions made according to Scripture yield peace - Psalm 119:101 B. Devil" I've got it I've stolen his JOY" (4.) Esther 1 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Foolish. Sustaining Peace - John 14:27; 16:33 A. God's peace is distinct - 14:27 B. God's peace sustains in troubles and fear - 14:27 C. God's peace is only in Christ (Authoritative peace . The first time we see it in Bible history is in I Chronicles 16, when King David is bringing up the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. Some ancient Hebrew manuscripts united Psalms 42, 43 as one. The psalmist was thirsty for God. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. This is a holiday of such a kind, as neither to be opened by any dawn, nor terminated by any evening. Esther 2:1-18 - The Best Beauty Pageant Ever. For in order to making supplication unto God, I have not to buy anything from places beyond the sea; or in order that He may hear me, have I to sail to bring from a distance frankincense and perfumes, or have I to bring calf or ram from the flock. Has experienced the joy of long refreshing drinks in a cool mountain stream. (vv. 6, HWV 251b, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams": As pants the hart for cooling streams, so longs my soul for thee O God (George Frideric Handel; lyrics based off of Tate and Brady) Psalm 42:1-2: When shall I come and appear before God? In Praise Of The King And His City (Audio) Download File. What I am saying, that as the hart pants after the water-brooks, so longs my soul after You, O God, means this, My soul is thirsty for the living God. And assuredly he does but the more thirst for the water-brooks from making his tears his meat.And they daily say unto me, Where is your God? Perhaps from Baptism, where the remission of sins is given. Even he, my tempter, the devil; while offenses are everywhere on the increase, because of the abundance of which the love of many is waxing cold. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. When away from the stream makes it a priority to rediscover it.. When would my soul attain to that object of its search, which is above my soul, if my soul were not to pour itself out above itself? Deep calls unto deep with the voice of your water-spouts Psalm 41:7. Devil "I've got his .read more Scripture: Psalm 42:1-2 SUBJECT: Covetousness TITLE: The Rich Man and Lazarus Type: Expository. The deer that knows its thirsty but has given up on trying to find a nice, cool stream thats always full of running water. It has been much disputed whether its proper signification is active (one who shows lovingkindness) or passive (one who receives it). Galatians6:2 5. Start With Prayer. He doesn't feel jubilant hope. settled. Romans8:23 When that health (that salvation) is perfected in us, then shall we be living in the house of God for ever, and praising for ever Him to whom it was said, Blessed are they that dwell in Your house, they will be praising You world without end. ), saying, I thought to know this; it is too painful for me, until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand of the last things. Notice that the Psalmist responds to his circumstances at one point by asking God, Why? Verse 9: I say to God, my rock: Why have you forgotten me? Descend then, that you may be lifted up: be not lifted up, lest you be cast down. That I may behold (he says) the beauty of the Lord. Sermon Seeds is a weekly e-mail list featuring brief, expository outlines designed to help preachers and Bible teachers with their preparations. They retained the former office in the second Temple. Here, when men keep festival simply for their own indulgence, it is their custom to place musical instruments, or to station a chorus of singers, before their houses, or any kind of music that serves and allures to wantonness. It had been so far strengthened by the encouragement of the refrain that the reflux of sadness at once rouses it to action. Not mere bodily presence there, but that joyful outpouring of triumph and gladness, is the object of the psalmists longing. Feel guilty about feeling cut-off. seeing that deep calls to deep, and after those sufferings severer ones are to be dreaded. Once more, too, the higher self repeats its half-rebuke, half-encouragement. I will go, he says, into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God! It has been ingeniously conjectured by Delitzsch that the Korachite psalms originally formed a separate collection entitled "Songs of the Sons of Korach," and that this title afterwards passed over into the superscriptions when they were incorporated in the Psalter. God-Centred As we have seen, the immediate cause was his separation from the temple of God. Those very tears were sweet unto me: being thirsty for that fountain, inasmuch as I was not as yet able to drink of it, I have eagerly made my tears my meat. In his prayer, he would also ask God the reason for his continuing physical and emotional distress. Again that voice! Psalms 42:10 repeats the enemies taunt, which is there represented as like crushing blows which broke the bones. He has fixed forever and made melodious a sigh. Hope in God: for I will confess unto Him. But the curb has not been applied quite in vain, for throughout the succeeding verses there is a striking alternation of despondency and hope. Perhaps the singer had seen, during his exile on the eastern side of Jordan, some gentle creature, with open mouth and heaving flanks, eagerly seeking in dry wadies for a drop of water to cool her outstretched tongue; and the sight had struck on his heart as an image of himself longing for the presence of God in the sanctuary. 2. 2. Others believe the sons of Korah composed them. How do you do that pastor?, Listen, self: If God is for you, who can be against you? 9 ). He began with yearning after the living God. Therefore we are warned to be like the ant. Psalm 42 and 43 almost certainly originally a single Psalm. Deep calls to deep with the voice of Your water-spouts, in that Thou threatenest, You say, that there is another condemnation in store even after those sufferings. The actual author, as one of a band of kinsmen who worked and sang together, would, not unnaturally, be content to sink his individuality and let his song go forth as that of the band. Inevitably there are times we do feel cut-off from God. In the mean while dwell in hope: for hope that is seen is not hope; but if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Esther 5 - Mission Impossible. And when these are heard, what do we passers by say? Verses 12: As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. The second part of the psalm takes up the question of the refrain, and first reiterates with bitter emphasis that the soul is bowed down, and then pours out once more the stream of reasons for dejection. Follow along with me as I read Psalm 42: To the choirmaster. Therefore follows: The Lord will commend His loving-kindness in the day-time; and in the night-time will He declare it Psalm 41:8. It is God who justifies. When can I go and stand before him? restoring the joy. Some scholars believe David wrote these psalms for the sons of Korah to perform. Each swing of the gymnast lifts him higher until he is on a level with a firm platform on which he can spring and stand secure. Psalm 41:3. For when I was pouring out my soul above myself, in order to reach my God, why did I do so? MATTHEW HENRY Psalm 42 Commentary WILLIAM HESLOP Psalms 40-49 Sermon Seeds from the Psalms WILLIAM HOLWICK Psalm 42:1-11 When You Are Really Down (see OT > Psalms) HOMILETICS - Pulpit Commentary Multiple Homilies GEORGE HORNE Psalm 42 Commentary JAMIESON, F, B Psalm 42 Commentary KEIL AND DELITZSCH Psalm 42 Commentary A F KIRKPATRICK But perhaps Scripture meant us to consider in the stag not this point only, but another also. They are sons of the bridegroom, sons of Christ. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. This psalm is the fourth and last psalm in the Psalms of Ascent that is attributed to King David. "Korah, Asaph, Heman, and Ethan are all associated with the service and music of the sanctuary in Davids reign. The locality thus designated is too far north for the scene of Davids retreat before Absalom, unless we give an unusual southward extension to the names; and this makes a difficulty in the way of accepting the hypothesis of the authors having been in his retinue. If even it has been the lot of any, that very calm is more to be dreaded. 2. I have now had the perception of something that is unchangeable; why do you disquiet me still? So bloated with other things hasnt got space for water., DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 3 It is the prerogative of faith to make pictures drawn by memory pale beside those painted by hope. religion or Christ. My soul is disquieted on account of myself Psalm 41:6. 3. However, he came back to the same expression of confidence with which he ended the first stanza. 1. the office of keepers of the door of the sanctuary had been hereditary in their family from the time of Moses. Key idea here is longing for God when in a wilderness situation. My tears (he says) have been not bitterness, but my bread. The true counterpoise to its excess lies in directing it to God and in making Him the object of hope and patient waiting. 8. Korah was a great-grandson of Levi who rebelled against Moses leadership (Numbers 16:1-2). AS THE DEER PANTS FOR STREAMS OF WATER. Romans6:12-13 I admire the sight of the bodily members warring in the service of the soul that serves God.And wonderful though the tabernacle be, yet when I come to the house of God, I am even struck dumb with astonishment. Apart from air, water our most basic need. running for God. It was not exactly literary fame which psalmists hungered for. [Note: VanGemeren, p. His situation and mood closely resemble those in another Korachite psalm (Psalms 84:1-12), in which, as here, the soul "faints for the courts of the Lord," and as here the panting hind, so there the glancing swallows flitting about the eaves are woven into the song. Rich Man and Lazarus Sermon Outline. Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. Faith may have a long struggle with fear, but it will have the last word, and that word will be "the help of my countenance and my God. He who has life in Himself is the Giver and Rescuer of our lives, and to Him they are to be rendered in thankful sacrifice. Dont take these times together lightly. [Note: Bullock, p. It would be good if all of us were so composed and careful in the expression of our discouragements that we never said anything amiss. Whilst therefore it is summer, while it is well with you, while you are in tranquillity, hear the word of the Lord. He needed to continue to hope in God until then. The prayer of Psalms 43:1-2, blends the two elements, which were at war in the second part; and for the moment the darker is the more prominent. Hes confirming his faith in the midst of turmoil and discouragement by remembering how real God was in corporate worship. From the little hill, and from the land of Jordan. He was called the sweet dropper because of how much confidence and joy his sermons caused. It is better therefore to translate "hind" than "hart." BOOK 2: CHS. 118-29.]. 4. For it is in hope that we are saved; but hope that is seen, is not hope. 11. Psalm 42:2. They rush upon him, multitudinous and close following; they pour down on him as with the thunder of descending cataracts; they overwhelm him like the breakers and rollers of an angry ocean. Verse 8: "By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.". 17. ", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. In the former part, memory was the handmaid of sorrow, and came involuntarily, and increased the singers pain; but in this part he makes an effort of will to remember, and in remembrance finds an antidote to sorrow. Fourth, the psalmist preaches to his own soul. For what is there more profound than that abyss? But When shall I come? I. Thats why it pains me that were not presently able to be together. For I will go into the place of Your Tabernacle. In the midst of the tumult of emotions, were not always careful with our words. Water the key theme in the Psalm. In building the Lord's house. My soul is disquieted on account of myself.Therefore I remember You, O Lord, from the land of Jordan, and from the little hill of Hermon. And may He grant our desire through the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. In Book 2, the titles identify David as the writer of 18 psalms (Psalms 51-65, 68-70). 2 Wash away my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin. Youve learned deeply that its no relief to say that God does not rule the wind and the waves. + Funeral Homilies Apart from air, water our most basic need. But no finite being can still them; and after all sweetnesses of human loves and helps of human strengths the souls thirst remains unslaked, and the Person who is enough must be the living God. The psalmists lamentation because of his enemies 42:6-11. Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:11; Psalms 43:5). Of course, there are other psalms that focus on thanksgiving, but this is the only psalm that is labeled as a psalm for giving thanks. This man was in exile and it depressed him. Naturally this transition strophe is marked by the mingling of both. And on this account, seeing my soul is disquieted on account of myself, what else should I say unto it than those words: Why are you cast down, O my soul; and why do you disquiet me? What we do at church is a real transaction with the living God. I thirst for God, the living God. In his sorrow he could still think of Him at intervals as the help of his countenance and call Him "my God." It consists of two stanzas, each of which ends with the same refrain. DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 1 'The deer that rejects water.' Doesn't believe in it, doesn't long for it, or doesn't know they long for it. Edited by Philip Schaff. God being what He is, no longing soul can ever remain unsatisfied. That's what he's seeking - jubilant hope. HOW MUCH DO WE REALLY DESIRE GOD? He states the very words of that confession; he repeats the grounds on which he fortifies his hope. Then follows a gleam of hope, like a rainbow spanning the waterfall. sheep dogs. In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. And because he has the Lord for his shepherd, he does not lack anything he needs. For it is there is the house of my God. Perhaps avarice whispers in your ear some dark counsel, hisses against the word of God, hisses against the commandment of God. But yet, Why have You forgotten me? For many of us other desires can get in the way of us really desiring God. It may have been so, but the supposition is unnecessary. 4) Paul's sermon at the synagogue (Acts 13:16-41) involves an exposition of the prophecies of the Old Testament and a revealing of the hearts of his listeners: They are a people who may become scoffers and eventually unbelieving. Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Devil; Wraps chains around the chained (3.) To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. For to account for his fears, in the midst of those things, which he now knows, having come after a sort to the understanding of them, he has been looking behind him again in anxiety, lest the enemy be stealing upon him: he cannot yet say, I am made whole every whit. For He who threatens does not let His judgments fall upon us, but keeps them suspended over us. 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