scenes of glory on a sea of gloom. RELATING TO THE PSALM For you do not doubt of your God. 2 Wash away my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin. And he knows it. Mount Mizar is one of the hills in that area. Wherefore so? For how can it be that in the midst of these tempests of the world, you should pass through the whole of that sea, without suffering? 6. 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. There he understood of the last things; and solved the question concerning the prosperity of the unrighteous, and the sufferings of the righteous. Dont take these times together lightly. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . Important that we dont respond inappropriately. But they are happy in their very yearnings who are conscious of the true direction of these, and can say that it is God for whom they are athirst. For I will go into the place of Your Tabernacle. With wise resolve he finds in dejection a reason for nestling closer to God. If they find themselves thirsty they describe the desire as fairy story or suchlike. Verse 5: Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Understand that God may use suffering to refocus our deepest desires on Him. However, he came back to the same expression of confidence with which he ended the first stanza. He doesn't feel jubilant hope. 7. 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. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. But the gloomier mood has shot its last bolt. Deep calls unto deep with the voice of your water-spouts. It is a faith that hungers and thirsts for God and yet remains empty. This remembrance will encourage us to continue to trust Him while we go through temporarily distressing periods. There is no necessity to conclude that these were heathens, though the taunt is usually put into heathen lips {Psalms 79:10; Psalms 52:2} but it would be quite as natural from co-religionists, flouting his fervour and personal grasp of God and taking his sorrows as tokens of Gods abandonment of him. 1. For if a Pagan should say this to me, I cannot retort it upon him, saying, Where is yours? A Heart for the Lord - Psalm 84. For just as worldly prosperity is signified by the day, adversity by the night, so again in another way worldly prosperity is expressed by the summer, adversity by the winter. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. He then forwarded these photos to several university e-mail lists. the office of keepers of the door of the sanctuary had been hereditary in their family from the time of Moses. I, who tremble all over, when my soul was disquieted on account of myself, feared greatly on account of Your judgments.Are those judgments slight ones? inasmuch as he points with his finger to some stone, and says, Lo, there is my God! 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. Nevertheless he believed God would remain loyal to him. Anathematize yourself, by being displeased with yourself; for if you are pleased with yourself, God will be displeased with you. 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. It has been much disputed whether its proper signification is active (one who shows lovingkindness) or passive (one who receives it). But the victory is not quite won, and therefore Psalms 43:1-5, follows. [Note: See Swindoll, pp. 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. Hear what else there is in the hart. In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. So, he asks Why? Its a legitimate question. Two-person skit: the chained, the Devil (2.) For it is in hope that we are saved; but hope that is seen, is not hope. 11. 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. Verses 12: As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. 1. See how great wonders I admire in the tabernacle! 13. They keep him from capsizing in the tumult of his emotions. 2. This conflict of opposite emotions is the characteristic of the second part of the psalm, while that of the first part is an all but unrelieved predominance of gloom, and that of the third an all but undisputed victory of sunshine. How does the Psalmist know this? Not many of us can compose songs when were discouraged and weeping day and night. Scripture: Psalms 42:1-2 Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational Summary: THIRSTING FOR GOD THIRSTING FOR GOD (NLT) Psalm 42: 1-2 - As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. Streaks of brightness flash through the gloom. Youve learned deeply that its no relief to say that God does not rule the wind and the waves. 118-29.]. 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. In verses 5 and 11, he calls God my salvation [or Savior] and my God. And even though he says it looks as if God has forgotten him, he never stops believing in the absolute sovereignty of God over all his adversity. My soul is disquieted on account of myself Psalm 41:6. He therefore glances back to himself, as if he were coming from that world; and says to himself, now placed in the midst of these sorrows, comparing these with the things, to see which he had entered in there, and after seeing which he had come forth from thence; Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why do you disquiet me? Let then our understanding be roused: and if the Psalm be sung to us, let us follow it with our understanding.Run to the brooks; long after the water-brooks. God being what He is, no longing soul can ever remain unsatisfied. The difference between the devout and the worldly man is just that the one can only say, "My soul pants and thirsts," and the other can add "after Thee, O God." And it was in the sanctuary of God that he understood this, and understood of the last things.For he tells us of his progress, and of his guidance there; as if we had been saying, You are admiring the tabernacle here on earth; how came you to the sanctuary of the house of God? Furthermore, it is said in a certain passage, Your judgments are a mighty abyss, Scripture meaning to suggest that the judgments of God are incomprehensible. This morning, I want to quickly offer us (be me, specifically) some hope when dealing with discouragement. Does man call on man as God is called upon? EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE) . Psalms 42:10 repeats the enemies taunt, which is there represented as like crushing blows which broke the bones. 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. Acts 4:25). For when I was pouring out my soul above myself, in order to reach my God, why did I do so? That lovely metaphor has touched the common heart as few have done, and the solitary singers plaint has fitted all devout lips. silence is not always golden. It is not however one individual, but it is One Body; but Christ's Body is the Church. There is much in the psalms which favours the hypothesis that the author was a Korachite companion of Davids in his flight before Absalom; but the locality, described as that of the singer, does not entirely correspond to that of the kings retreat, and the description of the enemies is not easily capable of application in all points to his foes. She lays up in summer what will be useful to her in winter. But, considering that lovingkindness is in the Psalter mainly a Divine attribute, and that, when a human excellence, it is regarded as derived from and being the echo of experienced Divine mercy, it is best to take the passive meaning as the principal, though sometimes, as unmistakably here, the active is more suitable. Long thou for this light: for a certain fountain, a certain light, such as your bodily eyes know not; a light to see which the inward eye must be prepared; a fountain, to drink of which the inward thirst is to be kindled. This man was in exile and it depressed him. Psalms 42:5). 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. Rather than drinking from God, he had to drink the water of his own tears. [Note: Bullock, p. THE second book of the Psalter is characterised by the use of the Divine name "Elohim" instead of "Jehovah." But inasmuch as You sit at liberty, I have thus spoken unto my soul. When Fear Grips Your Life - Psalm 27. Therefore we are warned to be like the ant. Expository Songs Psalm 42:1-2: Chandos Anthem No. [Note: VanGemeren, p. But perhaps Scripture meant us to consider in the stag not this point only, but another also. 1. This is a holiday of such a kind, as neither to be opened by any dawn, nor terminated by any evening. Verses 5 and 6 make clear that any strength the Psalmist will have does not reside in self, but in God. [Note: For the meaning of Maskil, see my note on Psalms 32.] That is the worlds way with the calamities of a devout man, whose humble cry, "My God," it resents as presumption or hypocrisy. Deep calls unto deep with the voice of your water-spouts Psalm 41:7. Hope in God: for I will confess unto Him. Asaph wrote Psalms 50, and Solomon composed Psalms 72. The epithet answers to that of the former part, "the living God," from which it differs by but one additional letter. Matthew24:12 When we see the strong members of the Church generally giving way to the causes of offense, does not Christ's body say, The enemy breaks my bones? And because he so remembers with humility, he shall earn his exaltation to fruition, for he is not exalted in himself, who glories in the Lord. He designed us that way. Thus tremulous, timid, mobile, it is beautifully compared to a hind. Psalms 42:5 has the refrain in a form slightly different from that of the other two instances of its occurrence. Psalms 42:3)." When shall I come and appear before God? What makes this so beautiful, and so crucial for us, is that hes not thirsting mainly for relief from his threatening circumstances. "My soul is cast down; therefore let me remember Thee." He just said in verse 8, By day the Lord commands His steadfast love, and at night His song is with me.. 11-22. And then once more above this conflict of emotion soars the clear note of the refrain, summoning to self-command, calmness, and unfaltering hope. This is not inconsistent with righteousnessit is righteousness. 1Corinthians10:12 Therefore since there is no soundness in me for myself, there is no hope either for me of myself. When shall I come and appear before God? 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. In this Psalm David, who is himself a shepherd, describes the LORD as his own personal shepherd. "As a deer longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for . Water the key theme in the Psalm. It is better therefore to translate "hind" than "hart." DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 2 They are the ballast in his little boat of faith. Whither then shall I go from Your presence? It was not exactly literary fame which psalmists hungered for. religion or Christ. 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. Psalm 41:5. It is what church historian Martin Marty might call a "wintery" faith. Mistaking the desire for religion and religious practices for a desire for God. Psalms 43, 66, 67, , 71 are anonymous. 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.) Servanthood What does it mean to be a servant of Christ. Dont compromise! Beginning with a general introduction on how pastors can interpret and preach from the biblical psalms and why they should Greidanus proceeds by discussing twenty-two psalms in the Revised Common Lectionary, Year . 428.] The Point Of Psalms 34 Deep calls on deep, then, is, man calls to man. Without it we die. 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. For there is a depth, a profound, the bottom of which cannot be reached by sounding. ", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. We must learn to preach the truth to ourselves. For an abyss is a depth that cannot be reached or comprehended; and it is principally applied to a great body of water. It is a very elementary but necessary lesson for the conduct of life that emotion of all sorts, sad or glad, religious or other, needs rigid scrutiny and firm control, sometimes stimulating and sometimes chilling. It is not a question asked for enlightenments sake but is an exclamation of impatience, if not of rebuke. The sons of Korah (cf. For having but the first-fruits of the Spirit, we groan within ourselves; waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of the body. sermons and saints. I, so long as I do not see, so long as my happiness is postponed, make my tears my bread day and night. These were Levites, and (according to 1 Chronicles 9:19 seq.) The stimulus serves for a moment; but once more courage fails, and once more, at yet greater length and with yet sadder tones, plaints and longings are wailed forth. 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. Were probably alert to the fragile desire for things. It is a birthday that is being celebrated (say they), there is a marriage here; that those songs may not appear out of place, but the luxurious indulgence may be excused by the festive occasion. And since it is said to you, Disregard this or that thing, if you prefer working iniquity to despising some temporal good, you choose to be bitten by a serpent, rather than destroy it. And whither shall I flee from Your Spirit? Feel guilty about not desiring God more. For now you are not without somewhat to say to yourself, in answer to those who say, Where is your God? 17. And this, which is soon in the sight of God, is late to our longing. For I will confess unto Him. {Nehemiah 11:19} The ascription of authorship to a group is remarkable, and has led to the suggestion that the superscription does not specify the authors, but the persons for whose use the psalms in question were composed. With God is the fountain of Life; a fountain that shall never be dried up: in His Light is a Light that shall never be darkened. Finally, the psalmist thirsts for God like a deer pants for the stream. It destroys serpents, and after the killing of serpents, it is inflamed with thirst yet more violent; having destroyed serpents, it runs to the water-brooks, with thirst more keen than before. 2. Numbers 26:10-11) were distinguished musicians (1 Chronicles 6:31-48). For the Psalm itself begins with a certain pious longing; and he who sings so, says, Like as the hart desires the water-brooks, so longs my soul after You, O God Psalm 41:1. Who is it then that says this? revive us again. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series. Again, 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. This is not a song of jubilant hope. My God is the saving health of my countenance. "Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other" ( Psalm 85:10 ). It had been so far strengthened by the encouragement of the refrain that the reflux of sadness at once rouses it to action. restoring the joy. Second, in the midst of his discouragement, he affirms God's sovereign love for him. The preceding verses have given ample reason why she has been dejected, but now she is summoned to repeat them to a judicial ear. Start With Prayer. Esther 5 - Mission Impossible. He Sings Again, 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." This is not a song of jubilant hope. Yet we must even now take notice of this title in such a way, that what we have said already should be no prejudice against our saying it again: for all were not present in every place where we said it. Psalm 23 Funeral sermon: A Letter to the Deceased (Molin) I knew there would be many voices heard today, sharing stories and memories; laughter and tears with you who knew and loved Steve. In tribulation no man has leisure to hear: attend, when it is well with you; hear, when it is well with you; learn, when you are in tranquillity, the discipline of wisdom, and store up the word of God as you do food. Galatians6:2 5. The first ten verses deal with thanksgiving and praise for deliverance. Nature reflects the poets moods, and overmastering emotion sees its own analogues everywhere. He never loses this grip on the great truths about God. So rather than prepare a sermon, I simply wrote a letter. The refrain is repeated for a third time, and is followed by no relapse into sadness. To recall past joys adds stings to present grief, but to remember God brings an anodyne for the smart. If you would also ask the meanings of the names, Jordan means their descent. He affirms God's sovereign love. "Gods continual love is a comfort for the soul continually beset by questions and mourning (cf. It is likely that he wrote these four as well, even though they do not bear his name (cf. Methods devised to proclaim gospel. Hermon means anathematizing. You see, hoping in God doesnt come naturally for sinners like us. 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). The stage of mechanical repetition of complaints is not far from that of cessation of them. For whosoever of the body of Christ considers this, does he not exclaim, with the voice of Christ's Body, Why have You rejected me? The heading above verse one tells us that Psalm 100 is a psalm for giving thanks. The form of the verbs "remember" and "pour out" in Psalms 42:4 indicates set purpose. If by abyss we understand a great depth, is not man's heart, do you not suppose, an abyss? That I may behold (he says) the beauty of the Lord. sailing on the stormy sea. It was in wonder and admiration he spoke this: Abyss calls unto abyss with the voice of Your water-spouts. preaching the gospel. Devil" I've got it I've stolen his JOY" (4.) It was God whom he addressed, who remembered him from the land of Jordan and Hermon. 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? The situation is described as in the preceding parts. 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. It is reported of stagsthat when they either wander in the herds, or when they are swimming to reach some other parts of the earth, that they support the burdens of their heads on each other, in such a manner as that one takes the lead, and others follow, resting their heads upon him, as again others who follow do upon them, and others in succession to the very end of the herd; but the one who took the lead in bearing the burden of their heads, when tired, returns to the rear, and rests himself after his fatigue by supporting his head just as did the others; by thus supporting what is burdensome, each in turn, they both accomplish their journey, and do not abandon each other. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99 1. He may not have asked the question with theological or linguistic precision, but if he proves in time that he didnt mean that God had forgotten him, we will let that be words for the wind. 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? From the little hill, and from the land of Jordan. It consists of two stanzas, each of which ends with the same refrain. But it is a song of faith. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? The true object of its longings is always God, however little it knows for what it is thirsting. Apr 24, 2020. This is not simply engaging in nostalgia. 1-10 and (2) vv. A BIT OF BACKGROUND Once more the contending currents meet in Psalms 42:9 and Psalms 42:10, in the former of which confidence and hope utter themselves in the resolve to appeal to God and in the name given to Him as "my Rock"; while another surge of despondency breaks, in the question in which the soul interrogates God, as the better self had interrogated her, and contrasts almost reproachfully Gods apparent forgetfulness, manifested by His delay in deliverance with her remembrance of Him. For it was said of a certain person, he calls on death; Wisdom1:16 that is, lives in such a way as to be inviting death; for there is no man at all who puts up a prayer, and calls expressly on death: but men by evil-living invite death. SUBJECT: Covetousness TITLE: The Rich Man and Lazarus Type: Expository. He prays now; he had only remembered and complained and said that he would pray before. In Praise Of The King And His City (Audio) Download File. Verse 4: These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.. Sorrow is shot with trust. Decisions made according to Scripture yield peace - Psalm 119:101 B. How could it happen? Therefore now he triumphs, and though he still is keenly conscious of his enemies, they appear but for a moment, and though he still feels that he is far from the sanctuary, his heart goes out in hopeful visions of the gladness of his return thither, and he already tastes the rapture of the joy that will then flood his heart. (Psalm 42:2-4) Maclaren notes, "The whole psalm reads like the sob of a wounded heart." What was its cause? You may see not my flesh merely, but even my bones. The psalmist paints his calamities as storming on him in dismal continuity, each "flood" seeming to summon its successor. Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmist's prayer in response to the lament. Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:11; Psalms 43:5). Some scholars believe David wrote these psalms for the sons of Korah to perform. I know that the righteousness of God remains; whether my own will remain steadfast, I know not. The repeated taunt of his enemies would hopefully move God to deliver him (cf. 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 So cried our Head also, as if speaking in our name. It is sometimes right to pray for the defeat of enemies. God means for these encounters with Him in corporate worship to preserve your faith now and in the way you remember them later. He may also have written those bearing the notation, "of the sons of Korah" (Psalms 42, 44-49). The facts on which faith feeds abide while faith fluctuates. (1) There are a number of ancient manuscripts that have both of these psalms as just one continuous psalm. During Ezra and Nehemiahs time (fifth century B.C. For it is the strong members that are the bones; and sometimes even those that are strong sink under their temptations. For we find in the hart an emblem of swiftness. The higher self arrests this flow of self-pity and lamentation. Has experienced the joy of long refreshing drinks in a cool mountain stream. The effort of faith should be persistent, even if old bitternesses begin again and "break the low beginnings of content"; for, even if the wild waters burst through the dam once and again, they do not utterly wash it away, and there remains a foundation on which it may be built up anew. Hes confirming his faith in the midst of turmoil and discouragement by remembering how real God was in corporate worship. Esther 1 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Foolish. And may He grant our desire through the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. A. OBJECTIVES:Each listener should be able to understand the story, repeat it, and . 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? A. The writer viewed his troubles like waves cascading down on him, as if he were standing under a waterfall. Psalms 42 expresses the writers yearning for God. My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, Where is your God? The psalmist was thirsty for God. By the Unchangeable it was revived; it is by the changeable it is disquieted. I hope it speaks for you in this time of remembering. Grant our desire through the gospel of the hills in that area ) there a. Thus spoken unto my soul is cast down ; therefore let me Thee... 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