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. I shall not want for strength, "He restoreth my soul." C. Jesus also knew the responsibilities of the Shepherd to the sheep. Psalms 42:10 repeats the enemies taunt, which is there represented as like crushing blows which broke the bones. Perhaps avarice whispers in your ear some dark counsel, hisses against the word of God, hisses against the commandment of God. All of the psalms in Book 2 have a title assigned to them except psalm 43, making it more likely that it . Streaks of brightness flash through the gloom. So rather than prepare a sermon, I simply wrote a letter. For when I was pouring out my soul above myself, in order to reach my God, why did I do so? Scripture (Psalm 32:1-5) verses 1-2: The one who has his sins covered is "blessed." The Hebrews used two different words to describe being "blessed." One word meant God bestowed the blessing. "Mizar" is probably the name of a hill otherwise unknown, and specifies the singers locality more minutely, though not helpfully to us. A quick reading of this Psalm suggests there are two divisions: (1) vv. For it is the strong members that are the bones; and sometimes even those that are strong sink under their temptations. "As a deer longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for . 1 As the deer pants for streams of water. There is another point to be observed in the hart. Objectives: That each would understand the events that occurred at the pool of Bethesda and learn the lessons of appropriate compassion and sinful apathy. These loveless people are not further defined, and may either have been Israelites or aliens. Faithbook (Psalm 133) On October 28, 2003, a Harvard student by the name of Mark Zuckerberg was bored. Finally, the psalmist thirsts for God like a deer pants for the stream. sing unto the . Weve got to preach it to ourselves, and preach diligently and forcefully, or well give way to a downcast and disquieted spirit. It is sufficiently distinct in tone to explain its separation from the preceding, inasmuch as it is prayer throughout, and the note of joy is dominant, even while an undertone of sadness links it with the previous parts. And this, which is soon in the sight of God, is late to our longing. There is with me prayer to the God of my life. Hope in God. DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 2 A Psalm Of The Have-Nots (Audio) Download File. Who shall separate you from the love of Christ? (Romans 8:3135 paraphrased), Fifth, the psalmist remembers. Has learnt to make do with occasional puddles. But the gloomier mood has shot its last bolt. My soul is thirsty for the living God Psalm 41:2. Because then God gives us all good things, because He Himself is good, not because we are worthy of it; because He is merciful, not because we have in anything deserved it; it is from the land of Jordan, and from Hermon, that I remember you. Psalm 41:3. Spiritual Depression - Psalm 42-43. Who shall bring any charge against you as Gods elect? Colossians1:24 Such longing indeed is not found in all who enter the Church: let all however who have tasted the sweetness of the Lord, and who own in Christ that for which they have a relish, think that they are not the only ones; but that there are such seeds scattered throughout the field of the Lord, this whole earth: and that there is a certain Christian unity, whose voice thus speaks, Like as the hart desires the water-brooks, so longs my soul after You, O God. Many ingenious attempts have been made to explain the name either as symbolical or as a common noun, and not a proper name, but these need not be dealt with here. 3. The imagery is so usual that it needs no assumption of having been occasioned by the poets locality. The true counterpoise to its excess lies in directing it to God and in making Him the object of hope and patient waiting. Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmists prayer in response to the lament. u.s.). Psalm 41:11. In his sorrow he could still think of Him at intervals as the help of his countenance and call Him "my God." Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God. Oh, how crucial this is in the fight of faith. This man was in exile and it depressed him. The serpents are your vices, destroy the serpents of iniquity; then will you long yet more for the Fountain of Truth. This it is for which I am thirsty, to come and to appear before Him. refreshing waters from a high hill. Individual rather than corporate. P. J. Tibayan. 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. And because he has the Lord for his shepherd, he does not lack anything he needs. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Without it we die. I will not fear . Since no reason for the variation is discernible, and the proposed slight change of text improves construction and restores uniformity, it is probably to be adopted. No, but calls on is equivalent to calls to him. 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. For it is in hope that we are saved; but hope that is seen, is not hope. 11. So, the psalmist affirms God's sovereign love for him in and through all the troubles. 1. Psalm 27. putting God first. 15. No doubt the psalmist connected communion with God and presence in the Temple more closely together than they should do who have heard the great charter, "neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem"; but, however the two things were coupled in his mind, they were sufficiently separate to allow of approach by longing and prayer while distant in body, and the true object of yearning was not access to the Temple, but communion with the God of the Temple. How could it happen? For now you are not without somewhat to say to yourself, in answer to those who say, Where is your God? It is not however one individual, but it is One Body; but Christ's Body is the Church. 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. 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. Nevertheless he believed God would remain loyal to him. Sorrow is shot with trust. For he compared these things in which he found himself, to those toward which he had been raised; and saw himself cast out far from the sight of God's eyes, as he speaks even here, Why have You rejected me? The story of David, Bathsheba, and Uriah is found in 2 Samuel 11-12. I have within a victim to sacrifice; I have within an incense to place on the altar; I have within a sacrifice wherewith to propitiate my God. The "soul" is the seat of emotions and desires. Apr 24, 2020. But the victory is not quite won, and therefore Psalms 43:1-5, follows. 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. As for your fatigue in hearing, I am not greatly solicitous, since you see me also, who speak, toiling in the heat of these exertions. Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:11; Psalms 43:5). He states the very words of that confession; he repeats the grounds on which he fortifies his hope. For we find in the hart an emblem of swiftness. Esther 3:7-15 - The First PLO. 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. For no one runs to the remission of sins, except he who is dissatisfied with himself; no one runs to the remission of sins, but he who confesses himself a sinner; no one confesses himself a sinner, except by humbling himself before God. restoring the joy. 118-29.]. 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. It's as if the writer is saying, "If you want to know how to thank God, let . God-Centred As we have seen, the immediate cause was his separation from the temple of God. All my sufferings are Your waves; all Your denouncements of judgments are Your overhangings. Mistaking the desire for religion and religious practices for a desire for God. For he said not, My tears became my drink, lest he should seem to have longed for them, as for the water-brooks: but, still retaining that thirst wherewith I burn, and by which I am hurried away towards the water-brooks, My tears became my meat, while I am not yet there. May the Lord increase our hunger and our thirst to see the face of God. I will say unto God, You are my lifter up. Light and Troth-i.e., Lovingkindness and Faithfulness in fulfilling promises-are like two angels, despatched from the presence-chamber of God, to guide with gentleness the exiles steps. 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). 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 [Note: VanGemeren, p. 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. For I will go into the place of Your wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God. It is sometimes right to pray for the defeat of enemies. 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. Richard Sibbes, one of the great old Puritan preachers of Cambridge who died in 1635, wrote a whole book on Psalm 42:5. There are at least three reasons why we can assume psalms 42 and 43 were originally joined together. This psalm is the fourth and last psalm in the Psalms of Ascent that is attributed to King David. Devil; Wraps chains around the chained (3.) I thought on these things, and poured out my soul above myself Psalm 41:4. A similar bit of local colour is generally recognised in Psalms 42:7. Men may speak, may be seen by the operations of their members, may be heard speaking in conversation: but whose thought is penetrated, whose heart seen into? It is not a question asked for enlightenments sake but is an exclamation of impatience, if not of rebuke. For God's tabernacle on earth is the faithful; I admire in them the obedience of even their bodily members: that in them Sin does not reign so that they should obey its lusts; neither do they yield their members instruments of unrighteousness unto sin; but unto the living God in good works. Some scholars believe David wrote these psalms for the sons of Korah to perform. SUBJECT: Covetousness TITLE: The Rich Man and Lazarus Type: Expository. I. Psalms 42:3). Thus tremulous, timid, mobile, it is beautifully compared to a hind. But yet, Why have You forgotten me? But even these bitter sarcasms are less bitter than the remembrance of "happier things," which is his "sorrows crown of sorrow." (2) Psalm 43 has no title for it. Who is to condemn? The Wedding Psalm (Audio) Download File. The psalmists lamentation because of his enemies 42:6-11. 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. "Gods continual love is a comfort for the soul continually beset by questions and mourning (cf. The psalmist paints his calamities as storming on him in dismal continuity, each "flood" seeming to summon its successor. 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. My email address is feedback732 at newadvent.org. 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? God Our Refuge And Strength (Audio) Download File. Why then does Korah stand for Christ? The insufficiency of the circumstances described to warrant the vehement emotions expressed is implied in the summons. 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? The type of deer that knows and recognises what thirst is. Acts 4:25). silence is not always golden. Anathematize yourself, by being displeased with yourself; for if you are pleased with yourself, God will be displeased with you. The actual return to the Temple is desired because thereby new praise will be occasioned. 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. What is going on here? . Why have You forgotten me? All unrest of longing, all fever of thirst, all outgoings of desire, are feelers put out blindly, and are only stilled when they clasp Him. A. 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. That's what he's seeking - jubilant hope. It is a faith that has uncertainty in it; it is tinged by shades of doubt. Whoever begins as he did will finish where he climbed. They are sons of the bridegroom, sons of Christ. Rich Man and Lazarus Sermon Outline. Has experienced the joy of long refreshing drinks in a cool mountain stream. 9 ). The higher self arrests this flow of self-pity and lamentation. The form of the verbs "remember" and "pour out" in Psalms 42:4 indicates set purpose. For I should be in error were I to seek for my God without the place of His tabernacle. 1-10 and (2) vv. It is God who justifies. In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. But When shall I come? I will say unto God, You are my lifter up; why have You forgotten me? It may have been so, but the supposition is unnecessary. 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. 42-72 In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. The epithet answers to that of the former part, "the living God," from which it differs by but one additional letter. settled. preaching the gospel. 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. During Ezra and Nehemiahs time (fifth century B.C. I hope it speaks for you in this time of remembering. This too proceeds from that longing, of which in another place comes that cry, One thing have I desired of the Lord; that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? For what is there more profound than that abyss? The psalmist was far from Jerusalem and the central sanctuary. For men saw their torments outwardly; they did not inwardly behold their crowns! The enemy is called a "loveless nation." The deer that knows its thirsty but has given up on trying to find a nice, cool stream thats always full of running water. Second, in the midst of his discouragement, he affirms God's sovereign love for him. 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. Esther 6 - Sleepless in Susa and Rain on the Parade. In the daytime the Lord would pour out His love to the psalmist, and in the night he would respond by praising God. So once more the wave of emotion rolls over the psalmist, but with a new aspect which makes all the difference. It was not exactly literary fame which psalmists hungered for. [Note: For the meaning of Maskil, see my note on Psalms 32.] THE VANITY OF SELF EFFORT. And just as there we found cause for rejoicing, so here there will not be wanting an occasion for sorrow. 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? When Life Gets Slippery - Psalm 73. HOW MUCH DO WE REALLY DESIRE GOD? He may also have written those bearing the notation, "of the sons of Korah" (Psalms 42, 44-49). EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE) . So, the psalmist affirms Gods sovereign love for him in and through all the troubles. Here goes. OBJECTIVES:Each listener should be able to understand the story, repeat it, and . Esther 2:1-18 - The Best Beauty Pageant Ever. Korah was a great-grandson of Levi who rebelled against Moses leadership (Numbers 16:1-2). 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. revival. For He who threatens does not let His judgments fall upon us, but keeps them suspended over us. 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. And then once more above this conflict of emotion soars the clear note of the refrain, summoning to self-command, calmness, and unfaltering hope. Translated by J.E. Each Monday brings a set of at least seven outlines to your e-mail box. Verses 1-11 II. That which does must be living. Original setting not known. Learnt to live with disappointment and disillusionment., DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 4 In this Psalm David, who is himself a shepherd, describes the LORD as his own personal shepherd. The superscription identifies the sons of Korah as the writers (or recipients) of this psalm. 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.. Neither abstractions nor dead things can still its cravings. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. For we find in the hart an emblem of swiftness. Justly, because the understanding spoken of is an abyss. 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. 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? 17. Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. Once more, too, the higher self repeats its half-rebuke, half-encouragement. For there is some great mystery in the matter that the name sons of Korah is given to Christians. At our very core we have a desire that only God can meet. When shall I come and appear before God? "Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other" ( Psalm 85:10 ). He affirms God's sovereign love. From whence did I remember you? Expository sermons allow the preacher, rather, to bridge the gap between an ancient culture and our own to make appropriate applications to those who hear him. A. They retained the former office in the second Temple. Has learnt to put up with less. PSALM 51:1-2. If by abyss we understand a great depth, is not man's heart, do you not suppose, an abyss? It "pants" and "thirsts," is "cast down" and disquieted; it is "poured out"; it can be bidden to "hope." But isnt it amazing that hes singing his prayer! 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. It is better therefore to translate "hind" than "hart." Verses 5 and 6 make clear that any strength the Psalmist will have does not reside in self, but in God. 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. I shall not want for refreshment, "He leadeth me beside the still waters." 3. aye, let them say it! 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.) Water the key theme in the Psalm. PROPOSITION: In this sermon we see an 1) unrealized cure, 2) unabashed command, 3) unjustified criticism, 4) unapologetic confirmation. Let Him deliver you, if He can. AND XLIII. 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 . Chained " whoooa is me I'm miserable " (5.) They are great ones, severe, hard to bear; but would they were all. Why, when already longing for those things, have I been cast down to these, by the weight and burden of my iniquity? It is useless to speculate on its origin. Strip away allow God to strip away all the things that give us temporary satisfaction. Last week's psalm was an unusually long one for the Psalm of Ascents, but this week we are back to a short psalm. The same construction is found in Book 1 in Psalms 25:1-22; Psalms 26:1-12; Psalms 27:1-14; Psalms 28:1-9; Psalms 35:1-28; Psalms 37:1-40 where it is obviously the designation of authorship, and it is naturally taken to have the same force in these Korachite psalms. Feel guilty about feeling cut-off. The Place of Refuge and Strength - Psalm 46. Dont compromise! We will be looking at this Psalm in three parts over the next three weeks. For there is a depth, a profound, the bottom of which cannot be reached by sounding. How do you do that pastor?, Listen, self: If God is for you, who can be against you? Hermon means anathematizing. The Jordan Valley is quite wide north of this sea and the mountains of Hermon rise up to the east from it. For it is there is the house of my God. I have now had the perception of something that is unchangeable; why do you disquiet me still? He longed for God, whom he confidently expected to be able to praise in the future when the Lord would deliver him. So, one purpose of the big idea is that you organize the sermon around it. The imagery of floods lifting up their voices, and cataracts sounding as they fall, and breaking waves rolling over the half-drowned psalmist has been supposed to be suggested by the scenery in which he was; but the rushing noise of Jordan in its rocky bed seems scarcely enough to deserve being described as "flood calling to flood," and "breakers and rollers" is an exaggeration if applied to any commotion possible on such a stream. "Korah, Asaph, Heman, and Ethan are all associated with the service and music of the sanctuary in Davids reign. 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. Wherefore so? Start With Prayer. If even it has been the lot of any, that very calm is more to be dreaded. In reference to the description of the psalmists locality, Cheyne beautifully says, "The preposition from is chosen (rather than in) with a subtle purpose. 2 Wash away my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin. To what mortal's lot has it fallen? 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. Esther 2:19-3:6 - Doing Good But Getting Punished. The kingdom of Israel was first united under David, and it is appropriate that David would write a psalm about living together in unity. 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. 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? To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. Again the psalmist encouraged himself with the rhetorical refrain (cf. The bold metaphors are more striking when contrasted with the opposite ones of the first part. 2 16 How to Prepare an Expository Sermon on [April, HOW TO PREPARE AN EXPOSITORY SERMON ON PSALMS XLII. Emotion varies, but God is the same. 14. They who trouble me cast me in the teeth, while they say daily unto me, Where is your God? But inasmuch as You sit at liberty, I have thus spoken unto my soul. Asaph wrote Psalms 50, and Solomon composed Psalms 72. Important that we dont respond inappropriately. In the midst of the tumult of emotions, were not always careful with our words. . But that just isnt the way we are. In this that I suffer are all Your waves; in the severer punishment that Thou threatenest, all Your overhangings have come unto me. Bridegroom, sons of Korah is given expository sermon on psalm 42 Christians Rain on the Parade ; they did not behold. 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