Those men so patient and courageous for the name of Christ, how often was it said to them, Where is your God? There are at least three reasons why we can assume psalms 42 and 43 were originally joined together. When we think and feel with God in the Psalms, this is the main result: we come to love God, and we want to see God and be with God and be satisfied in admiring and exulting in God. You may see not my flesh merely, but even my bones. Thats why a singable psalter is good to keep around or a hymnbook with the whole array of emotions. I will say unto God, You are my lifter up. My God is the saving health of my countenance. When disturbing things happen, when troubling words are said, when certain letters contain ugly words or extremely critical comments are read, the churning starts. And the little hill of Hermon. {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. If you would also ask the meanings of the names, Jordan means their descent. We will be looking at this Psalm in three parts over the next three weeks. And may He grant our desire through the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. Youve learned deeply that its no relief to say that God does not rule the wind and the waves. Why then does Korah stand for Christ? What abyss is this that calls, and to what other abyss? (1) There are a number of ancient manuscripts that have both of these psalms as just one continuous psalm. 8. Both psalms are individual laments. Because He loves us. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 9. 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? Were probably alert to the fragile desire for things. settled. Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmists prayer in response to the lament. When can I go and stand before him? The Point Of Psalms 34 The deer that rejects water. Doesnt believe in it, doesnt long for it, or doesnt know they long for it. 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. My God is the saving health of my countenance. 7. Devil" I've got it I've stolen his JOY" (4.) When shall I come and appear before God? The heading above verse one tells us that Psalm 100 is a psalm for giving thanks. Original setting not known. The dry and thirsty land there and the rush of waters here mean the same thing, so flexible is nature in a poets hands. 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. Has learnt to put up with less. Whoever begins as he did will finish where he climbed. And it is principally in the temptations of the Church they say this, Where is your God? 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. 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? 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. 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. Evidently he was near the Hermon range of mountains that stood north of the Sea of Chinnereth (Galilee). EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE) . From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. Run to the fountain; long for the fountain; but do it not anyhow, be not satisfied with running like any ordinary animal; run thou like the hart. Some of them were among the faithful adherents of David at Ziklag, {1 Chronicles 12:6} and in the new model of worship inaugurated by him the Korachites were doorkeepers and musicians. He designed us that way. 2 16 How to Prepare an Expository Sermon on [April, HOW TO PREPARE AN EXPOSITORY SERMON ON PSALMS XLII. The title then of it is, On the end: a Psalm for understanding for the sons of Korah. Let then my insulting enemies now say, Where is your God? It suggests that the psalmists faith will bridge over the interval between himself and the sanctuary: I can send my thoughts to Thee from the distant frontier" (in loc.). 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. The Jordan Valley is quite wide north of this sea and the mountains of Hermon rise up to the east from it. WHATS THE PSALM ABOUT? 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. Numbers 26:10-11) were distinguished musicians (1 Chronicles 6:31-48). During Ezra and Nehemiahs time (fifth century B.C. Hope and trust hold the field. But perhaps Scripture meant us to consider in the stag not this point only, but another also. For were it to rest in itself, it would not see anything else beyond itself; and in seeing itself, would not, for all that, see God. They are sons of the bridegroom, sons of Christ. Feeling has to vindicate its rationality or to suppress itself, and its grounds have often only to be stated to the better self, to be found altogether disproportioned to the storm they have raised. Sermon Seeds is a weekly e-mail list featuring brief, expository outlines designed to help preachers and Bible teachers with their preparations. Wherefore so? This is not inconsistent with righteousnessit is righteousness. For what is there more profound than that abyss? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God. Oh, how crucial this is in the fight of faith. To the contrary, it is uncomforted, miserable and unsatisfied. In this that I suffer are all Your waves; in the severer punishment that Thou threatenest, all Your overhangings have come unto me. u.s.). 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. They are the ballast in his little boat of faith. 12. But inasmuch as You sit at liberty, I have thus spoken unto my soul. It is my God that is the saving health of my countenance. It was in wonder and admiration he spoke this: Abyss calls unto abyss with the voice of Your water-spouts. 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. They are great ones, severe, hard to bear; but would they were all. But isnt it amazing that hes singing his prayer! 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. Why have You forgotten me? What sacrifice of a troubled spirit I have within, hear. Verses 12: As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. Why, that the wicked, when reprieved here, are reserved for punishments without end; and the good when they suffer here, are being tried in order that they may in the end obtain the inheritance. By the Unchangeable it was revived; it is by the changeable it is disquieted. Source. 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. 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. But more important than any of that is God Himself. 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. He has fixed forever and made melodious a sigh. Hope in God. Thus is it wisdom is learned, and thus faith, when man calls to man. The true object of its longings is always God, however little it knows for what it is thirsting. When spiritually dry, we who are believers should remind ourselves that God is sufficient for all our needs. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. 17. Deep calls unto deep with the voice of your water-spouts. Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? The word forgotten is an overstatement. 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). In his prayer, he would also ask God the reason for his continuing physical and emotional distress. Nevertheless, it appears to me, my brethren, that such a longing is not fully satisfied even in the faithful in Baptism: but that haply, if they know where they are sojourning, and whither they have to remove from hence, their longing is kindled in even greater intensity. (vv. But his truer self silences these lamentations, and cheers the feebler "soul" with clear notes of trust and hope, blown in the refrain, like some trumpet clang rallying dispirited fugitives to the fight. That lovely metaphor has touched the common heart as few have done, and the solitary singers plaint has fitted all devout lips. 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 . For He who threatens does not let His judgments fall upon us, but keeps them suspended over us. But perhaps Scripture meant us to consider in the stag not this point only, but another also. But even these bitter sarcasms are less bitter than the remembrance of "happier things," which is his "sorrows crown of sorrow." The preceding verses have given ample reason why she has been dejected, but now she is summoned to repeat them to a judicial ear. 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. For many of us other desires can get in the way of us really desiring God. HOW MUCH DO WE REALLY DESIRE GOD? 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. God Our Refuge And Strength (Audio) Download File. It consists of two stanzas, each of which ends with the same refrain. It is better therefore to translate "hind" than "hart." He was blogging and trying to find something to get a girl off his mind. 334.]. Look at programs man has instituted to build the churches. Let this be allowed; and this meaning retain its place in the Church; a place both truthful and sanctioned by usage. 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. He ends with naming Him "the gladness of my joy." Verses 1-11 II. Assuredly it is from your seeing me labouring, that you labour with me: for I am labouring not for myself, but for you. Psalm 42:2. He doesn't feel jubilant hope. Psalms 42:3)." For what is it thirsty? Let them still say, Where is your God? 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. . Does man call on man as God is called upon? He has found something to point out to the eyes of the flesh; whereas I, on my part, not that I have not a God to show to him, cannot show him what he has no eyes to see. Deliver me, O my God! He may also have written those bearing the notation, "of the sons of Korah" (Psalms 42, 44-49). There is with me prayer to the God of my life. He longed for God, whom he confidently expected to be able to praise in the future when the Lord would deliver him. 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. 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. Contact information. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. AND XLIII. 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. Here goes. The "soul" is the seat of emotions and desires. 2. So, one purpose of the big idea is that you organize the sermon around it. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (Heb. Tweed. 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. AS THE DEER PANTS FOR STREAMS OF WATER. 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. But in the Hebrew Bible, God never gave anyone this blessing nor did God ever use the word when he was speaking. Water the key theme in the Psalm. 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. silence is not always golden. 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 OBJECTIVES:Each listener should be able to understand the story, repeat it, and . I shall not want for strength, "He restoreth my soul." C. Jesus also knew the responsibilities of the Shepherd to the sheep. Romans8:24-25. What should I say, but. 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. When Life Gets Slippery - Psalm 73. 2. 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. Hear what else there is in the hart. The more numerous my sufferings, the sweeter will be Your mercy. 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. RELATING TO THE PSALM I think an abyss may not unreasonably be understood of man, of whom it is said elsewhere, Man shall come to a deep heart, and God shall be exalted. How do you do that pastor?, Listen, self: If God is for you, who can be against you? 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. Hes confirming his faith in the midst of turmoil and discouragement by remembering how real God was in corporate worship. Esther 2:19-3:6 - Doing Good But Getting Punished. Chained " whoooa is me I'm miserable " (5.) 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 But it is a song of faith. PSALM 51:1-2. 14. That I may behold (he says) the beauty of the Lord. The plural "Hermons" is probably used in reference to the group of crests. 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. Deep calls on deep, then, is, man calls to man. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1888.) They keep him from capsizing in the tumult of his emotions. The sons of Korah (cf. Methods devised to proclaim gospel. So, the psalmist affirms Gods sovereign love for him in and through all the troubles. the office of keepers of the door of the sanctuary had been hereditary in their family from the time of Moses. For now you are not without somewhat to say to yourself, in answer to those who say, Where is your God? The unity is vouched by the considerations already noticed, and by the incompleteness of Psalms 42:1-11 without such triumphant close and of Psalms 43:1-5 without such despondent beginning. Psalms 42 expresses the writers yearning for God. revive us again. Who shall separate you from the love of Christ? (Romans 8:3135 paraphrased), Fifth, the psalmist remembers. ", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. The imagery is so usual that it needs no assumption of having been occasioned by the poets locality. Perhaps from Baptism, where the remission of sins is given. Is it disquieted on account of God? "Korah, Asaph, Heman, and Ethan are all associated with the service and music of the sanctuary in Davids reign. God is close to us and cares for us as a shepherd cares for his sheep. 42-72 In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. That day of extrication will surely be followed by a night of music and of thankful prayer (for supplication is not the only element in prayer) to Him who by His deliverance has shown Himself to be the "God of" the rescued mans "life." Rich Man and Lazarus Sermon Outline. For an abyss is a depth that cannot be reached or comprehended; and it is principally applied to a great body of water. More deceptive is when weve tried to get our deepest desires met by things that are of themselves good: for example, relationships, careers, serving others. sailing on the stormy sea. The break in the clouds is but momentary, and the grey wrack fills the sky once more. A BIT OF BACKGROUND He was called the sweet dropper because of how much confidence and joy his sermons caused. 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. . God means for these encounters with Him in corporate worship to preserve your faith now and in the way you remember them later. Understand that God may use suffering to refocus our deepest desires on Him. Apart from air, water our most basic need. Devil; Wraps chains around the chained (3.) 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? Sharing the love of God with the English speaking community of Calpe, SELECTED PSALMS FOR SUMMER 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. 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 VANITY OF SELF EFFORT. 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. 5) Finally, at the Areopagus in Athens (Acts 17:22-34), Paul exposes the gathered worshipers as being ignorant of . The Wedding Psalm (Audio) Download File. For we find in the hart an emblem of swiftness. Weve got to preach it to ourselves, and preach diligently and forcefully, or well give way to a downcast and disquieted spirit. Therefore it is from the land of Jordan I have remembered you, and from the hill; observe, not of the great hill, that you may make of the little hill a great one: for whoever exalts himself shall be abased, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted. 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. inasmuch as he points with his finger to some stone, and says, Lo, there is my God! 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. For it is in hope that we are saved; but hope that is seen, is not hope. 11. So, at the end of verse 7, he says, All Your breakers and Your waves have gone over me.. So, let me invite you to take your copy of Gods Word and turn to Psalm 42. Scripture ref: Luke 16:19-23. Expository Songs Psalm 42:1-2: Chandos Anthem No. The separation, however, is old, since it is found in the LXX. I will not fear . 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. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99 1. 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? They retained the former office in the second Temple. For when I was pouring out my soul above myself, in order to reach my God, why did I do so? The two psalms (Psalms 42:1-11, Psalms 43:1-5) are plainly one. He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for you, how will He not also with Him graciously give you all things? Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series. Injustice is done it, if it is regarded merely as the longing of a Levite for approach to the sanctuary. And just as there we found cause for rejoicing, so here there will not be wanting an occasion for sorrow. Because Korah is equivalent to Calvaria.Therefore, the sons of the bridegroom, the sons of His Passion, the sons redeemed by His Blood, the sons of His Cross, who bear on their forehead that which His enemies erected on Calvary, are called the sons of Korah; to them is this Psalm sung as a Psalm for understanding. "As a deer longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for . Important that we dont respond inappropriately. SUBJECT: Covetousness TITLE: The Rich Man and Lazarus Type: Expository. The psalmists lamentation because of his enemies 42:6-11. They who trouble me cast me in the teeth, while they say daily unto me, Where is your God? In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. This morning, I want to quickly offer us (be me, specifically) some hope when dealing with discouragement. The secret of calm is to dwell in that inner chamber of the secret place of the Most High, which whoso inhabits "heareth not the loud winds when they call," and is neither dejected nor uplifted, neither disturbed by excessive joys nor torn by anxieties. He is the health of my countenance, and my God. In this stanza the writer focused on his enemies rather than on God. What then is the abyss that calls, and to what other abyss does it call? scenes of glory on a sea of gloom. The psalmist is far from the sanctuary, but distance does not hinder thought. 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