The word rendered "loveless" is compounded of the negative prefix and the word which is usually found with the meaning of "one whom God favours," or visits with lovingkindness. Streaks of brightness flash through the gloom. I may perhaps finish the Psalm, aided as I am by your attention, whose fervour I perceive. 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. John 4:14). He states the very words of that confession; he repeats the grounds on which he fortifies his hope. God is close to us and cares for us as a shepherd cares for his sheep. 6. PROPOSITION: To study the story of the rich man and Lazarus and notice: 1) The characters, 2) The circumstances, 3) The cries of the rich man, 4) The conclusions of the story. : 42:2-6) The . It is better therefore to translate "hind" than "hart." This I make my business here; I who am the hart thirsting and longing for the water-brooks, calling to mind the sweetness of that strain, by which I was led on through the tabernacle even to the house of God; while this corruptible body presses down the soul, Wisdom9:15 there is yet with me prayer unto the God of my life. When tribulation shall actually come, He will not leave you destitute of His help; He will show you that which He commended to you in the daytime is true. Some ancient Hebrew manuscripts united Psalms 42, 43 as one. The deer that knows its thirsty but has given up on trying to find a nice, cool stream thats always full of running water. Deep calls unto deep with the voice of your water-spouts. 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. 2 16 How to Prepare an Expository Sermon on [April, HOW TO PREPARE AN EXPOSITORY SERMON ON PSALMS XLII. Expository Sermons The World's Greatest Undertaking - Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Parenting By The Book - Deuteronomy 6:1-9 The Faithful God - Deuteronomy 7:6-9 This Land Is Your Land - Deuteronomy 11:11-12 The Sacrifice Of Biblical Worship, Part 1 - Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Topical Sermons Back To Top Sermons From Joshua Expository Sermons [Note: VanGemeren, p. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. 2. 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. 1. For we find in the hart an emblem of swiftness. But inasmuch as You sit at liberty, I have thus spoken unto my soul. 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. 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. They keep him from capsizing in the tumult of his emotions. PSALM 42 Expository Songs Psalm 42:1-2: Chandos Anthem No. The psalmist was far from Jerusalem and the central sanctuary. All of the psalms in Book 2 have a title assigned to them except psalm 43, making it more likely that it . Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1888.) For in prosperity God commends to you His mercy, in case thou serve Him faithfully, for He frees you from tribulation; but it is in the night only that He declares His mercy to you, which He commended to you by day. Whither then shall I go from Your presence? He never loses this grip on the great truths about God. 9 ). Second, in the midst of his discouragement, he affirms God's sovereign love for him. 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. In verses 5 and 11, he calls God "my salvation and my God.". He may also have written those bearing the notation, "of the sons of Korah" (Psalms 42, 44-49). May the Lord increase our hunger and our thirst to see the face of God. It was not exactly literary fame which psalmists hungered for. 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 is understandable since the same refrain occurs in both of them (cf. The two psalms (Psalms 42:1-11, Psalms 43:1-5) are plainly one. 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. 428.] Hermon means anathematizing. 18. 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. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series. God-Centred As we have seen, the immediate cause was his separation from the temple of God. silence is not always golden. 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. Now Korah may have been, as indeed he was, a certain definite person; and have had sons, who might be called the sons of Korah; let us however search for the secret of which this is the sacrament, that this name may bring to light the mystery with which it is pregnant. Tries to ignore thirst. In his sorrow he could still think of Him at intervals as the help of his countenance and call Him "my God." Perhaps from Baptism, where the remission of sins is given. Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. It is the prerogative of faith to make pictures drawn by memory pale beside those painted by hope. 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 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. The psalmists lamentation because of his enemies 42:6-11. 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. And what is it that the ant does? In the waves that deep calls; in the overhangings is the other deep which it calls to. She lays up in summer what will be useful to her in winter. At our very core we have a desire that only God can meet. If they find themselves thirsty they describe the desire as fairy story or suchlike. Acts 4:25). The writer remembered with great delight the times when he found spiritual refreshment at the sanctuary in Jerusalem, but he was not able to return there yet. What should I say, but. Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Psalm 127. Am I already 'drinking' from this 'fountain' with nothing to fear?Still Hope in God, is his answer to the soul that disquiets him, and would fain account for her disquiet from the evils with which this world abounds. So, one purpose of the big idea is that you organize the sermon around it. If it is, the second part of the psalm is also conformed to the other two in regard to its not beginning with the Divine name. For we find in the hart an emblem of swiftness. The higher self arrests this flow of self-pity and lamentation. To see those who were thought to have some stability, giving way under temptations, so that the rest of the weak brethren despair when they see those who are strong succumbing; how great, my brethren, are the dangers! 1. 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. Korah was a great-grandson of Levi who rebelled against Moses leadership (Numbers 16:1-2). sermons and saints. To recall past joys adds stings to present grief, but to remember God brings an anodyne for the smart. 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. And He may give us them back if they no longer get in the way of allowing Him to meet our desires.) 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. Take all the parts of a sermon and put them together into a whole, and that whole is the central idea-the big idea-in the sermon. 1. EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE) . For I am suffering here, even as if You had forgotten me. His dwelling-place is above my soul; from thence He beholds me; from thence He created me; from thence He directs me and provides for me; from thence he appeals to me, and calls me, and directs me; leads me in the way, and to the end of my way.. .. 8. Thus the whole song is a picture of a soul climbing, not without backward slips, from the depths to the heights, or, in another aspect, of the transformation of longing into certainty of fruition, which is itself fruition after a kind. Psalms 42 expresses the writers yearning for God. RELATING TO THE PSALM Psalm 41:5. I will go, he says, into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God! Not many of us can compose songs when were discouraged and weeping day and night. Apart from air, water our most basic need. The stage of mechanical repetition of complaints is not far from that of cessation of them. 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. Start With Prayer. For many of us other desires can get in the way of us really desiring God. Again the psalmist encouraged himself with the rhetorical refrain (cf. Would you have me not disquiet you, panting as I am after what is good, thirsting and labouring as I am for it? WHATS THE PSALM ABOUT? But that just isnt the way we are. Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. Dont compromise! Regrettably, I can't reply to every letter, but I greatly appreciate your feedback especially notifications about typographical errors and inappropriate ads. Devil" I've got it I've stolen his JOY" (4.) 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. Let there be no sloth in your running; run with all your might: long for the fountain with all your might. Dont take these times together lightly. Deep calls on deep with the voice of Your water-spouts. The title then of it is, On the end: a Psalm for understanding for the sons of Korah. 8. For what is it thirsty? 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. From that everlasting perpetual festivity, a certain sweet and melodious strain strikes on the ears of the heart, provided only the world do not drown the sounds. 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. Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmists prayer in response to the lament. How could it happen? Each Monday brings a set of at least seven outlines to your e-mail box. For He who threatens does not let His judgments fall upon us, but keeps them suspended over us. . In Book 2, the titles identify David as the writer of 18 psalms (Psalms 51-65, 68-70). For having but the first-fruits of the Spirit, we groan within ourselves; waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of the body. 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. Not mere bodily presence there, but that joyful outpouring of triumph and gladness, is the object of the psalmists longing. 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. I thought on these things, and poured out my soul above myself Psalm 41:4. 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. Verse 5: Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Look at programs man has instituted to build the churches. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Rejected me, that is to say, from that height of the apprehension of the unchangeable Truth. They who trouble me cast me in the teeth. In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. 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. 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. This same voice in another passage said, I said in my trance (i.e., in my rapture, when he had seen some great thing or other), I said in my trance, I am cast out of the sight of Your eyes. (2) Psalm 43 has no title for it. They are great ones, severe, hard to bear; but would they were all. The separation, however, is old, since it is found in the LXX. 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. But it is a song of faith. (Doesnt mean they are bad. When shall I come and appear before God? 1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. 2. 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. Charles Spurgeon calls the first part a hymn and the second a sermon. I seek my God in every corporeal nature, terrestrial or celestial, and find Him not: I seek His Substance in my own soul, and I find it not, yet still I have thought on these things, and wishing to see the invisible things of my God, being understood by the things made, Romans1:20 I have poured forth my soul above myself, and there remains no longer any being for me to attain to, save my God. Again that voice! Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (Heb. I. 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. [Note: Bullock, p. He then forwarded these photos to several university e-mail lists. 13. My tears (he says) have been not bitterness, but my bread. It is on my own account it is disquieted. Anathematize yourself, by being displeased with yourself; for if you are pleased with yourself, God will be displeased with you. The Lord has commended His loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night-time will He declare it.There is with me prayer unto the God of my life. He remembers past corporate worship experiences. Lo, we have just now been gladdened by certain inward delights: with the mind's eye we have been able to behold, though but with a momentary glance, something not susceptible of change: why do you still disquiet me, why are you still cast down? St. Paul had a blinding revelation on the road to Damascus, an encounter with the risen Lord Jesus that turned his life completely topsy-turvy and started him on a perilous road that would take him all over .read more Scripture: Philippians 1:18-26, Psalm 42:2-5, Luke 14:1-11 Denomination: Catholic This morning, I want to quickly offer us (be me, specifically) some hope when dealing with discouragement. Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmist's prayer in response to the lament. The absence of a title for the second, the identity of tone throughout, the recurrence of several phrases, and especially of the refrain, put this beyond doubt. * By Rev. And its shaped by thinking and feeling with God in the Psalms. Whoever wrote it has given immortal form to the longings of the soul after God. 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 XLIII. Some scholars believe David wrote these psalms for the sons of Korah to perform. 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? The name "Elohim" occurs 164 times in this section of the Psalms, and the name "Yahweh" ("LORD") appears only 30 times. What he is inwardly engaged on, what he is inwardly capable of, what he is inwardly doing or what purposing, what he is inwardly wishing to happen, or not to happen, who shall comprehend? (To help fight spam, this address might change occasionally.) According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. The deer will die. 1Corinthians10:12 Therefore since there is no soundness in me for myself, there is no hope either for me of myself. 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? AS THE DEER PANTS FOR STREAMS OF WATER. He called his book The Souls Conflict with Itself, because in Psalm 42:5 thats exactly what you have; the soul arguing with itself, preaching to itself. I will say unto God, You are my lifter up. Those men so patient and courageous for the name of Christ, how often was it said to them, Where is your God? It begins with a cluster of seven psalms (reckoning Psalms 42:1-11; Psalms 43:1-5, as one) of which the superscription is most probably regarded as ascribing their authorship to "the sons of Korach." The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit. Feel guilty about feeling cut-off. ", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. For I am alarmed by the Apostle's saying, Let him that thinks he stands, take heed lest he fall. No, but calls on is equivalent to calls to him. inasmuch as he points with his finger to some stone, and says, Lo, there is my God! Therefore we are warned to be like the ant. He doesn't feel jubilant hope. Does man call on man as God is called upon? 3. Each of us must walk in the light we have. But even these bitter sarcasms are less bitter than the remembrance of "happier things," which is his "sorrows crown of sorrow." DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 1 14. On which account too this Psalm is ordinarily chanted on those occasions, that they may long for the Fountain of remission of sins, even as the hart for the water-brooks. Injustice is done it, if it is regarded merely as the longing of a Levite for approach to the sanctuary. 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. Thats why it pains me that were not presently able to be together. 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. The psalm falls into three parts, each closing with the same refrain. Decisions made according to Scripture yield peace - Psalm 119:101 B. Oh, how many of you have learned this more deeply than me because of the waves that have broken over your lives. Psalm 42 and 43 almost certainly originally a single Psalm. So, the psalmist affirms Gods sovereign love for him in and through all the troubles. So, he asks Why? Its a legitimate question. There is another point to be observed in the hart. But more important than any of that is God Himself. restoring the joy. Inevitably there are times we do feel cut-off from God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Here, the Psalmist is making an eschatological statement that even in the midst of powerful opposition, God will rule and prevail over that which is unjust in both the short-term as well as the long-term (v. 3-4). [Note: Merrill, "Psalms," p. "My soul is cast down; therefore let me remember Thee." revival. 5) Finally, at the Areopagus in Athens (Acts 17:22-34), Paul exposes the gathered worshipers as being ignorant of . When disturbing things happen, when troubling words are said, when certain letters contain ugly words or extremely critical comments are read, the churning starts. 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). 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.". he says, In the voice of joy and praise; the sound of keeping holiday. 1-10 and (2) vv. In this that I suffer are all Your waves; in the severer punishment that Thou threatenest, all Your overhangings have come unto me. For if a Pagan should say this to me, I cannot retort it upon him, saying, Where is yours? But You are trying me, and I know that Thou dost but put off, not take utterly from me, what You have promised me. Psalm 41:11. 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. 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 This is not so yet, because the salvation which is promised, is not as yet in being; but it is in hope that I confess unto God, and say, My God is the saving health of my countenance. For there is some great mystery in the matter that the name sons of Korah is given to Christians. 2. Romans8:24-25. Psalms 42:5 has the refrain in a form slightly different from that of the other two instances of its occurrence. Water the key theme in the Psalm. the heights of Hermon from Mount Mizar. 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