He longed for God, whom he confidently expected to be able to praise in the future when the Lord would deliver him. A Psalm Of The Have-Nots (Audio) Download File. Youve learned deeply that its no relief to say that God does not rule the wind and the waves. Individual rather than corporate. But the curb has not been applied quite in vain, for throughout the succeeding verses there is a striking alternation of despondency and hope. 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? Tweed. 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.. 8. But perhaps Scripture meant us to consider in the stag not this point only, but another also. What sacrifice of a troubled spirit I have within, hear. With wise resolve he finds in dejection a reason for nestling closer to God. When I have laughed at the stone, and he who pointed to it has been put to the blush, he raises his eyes from the stone, looks up to heaven, and perhaps says, pointing his finger to the Sun, Behold there my God! {Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5} But probably the text is faulty. Scripture ref: Luke 16:19-23. Grief which finds no fresh words is beginning to dry up. For it is in hope that we are saved; but hope that is seen, is not hope. 11. For there is a depth, a profound, the bottom of which cannot be reached by sounding. Emotion varies, but God is the same. 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. 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 They who trouble me cast me in the teeth, while they say daily unto me, Where is your God? My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, Where is your God? For there is some great mystery in the matter that the name sons of Korah is given to Christians. She lays up in summer what will be useful to her in winter. (To help fight spam, this address might change occasionally.) For now you are not without somewhat to say to yourself, in answer to those who say, Where is your God? Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmists prayer in response to the lament. 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 . And we are told in answer, that it is some festival. For that hart that made tears its bread day and night, borne along by longing to the water-brooks (that is, to the spiritual delights of God), pouring forth his soul above himself, that he may attain to what is above his own soul, walking towards the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God, and led on by the sweetness of that inward spiritual sound to feel contempt for all outward things, and be borne on to things spiritual, is but a mortal man still; is still groaning here, still bearing about the frailty of flesh, still in peril in the midst of the offenses Matthew18:7 of this world. Charles Spurgeon calls the first part a hymn and the second a sermon. ), saying, I thought to know this; it is too painful for me, until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand of the last things. Dont take these times together lightly. WHATS THE PSALM ABOUT? And whither shall I flee from Your Spirit? Apart from air, water our most basic need. 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. Richard Sibbes, one of the great old Puritan preachers of Cambridge who died in 1635, wrote a whole book on Psalm 42:5. Second, in the midst of his discouragement, he affirms God's sovereign love for him. Not mere bodily presence there, but that joyful outpouring of triumph and gladness, is the object of the psalmists longing. Neither abstractions nor dead things can still its cravings. 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. Fourth, the psalmist preaches to his own soul. How do you do that pastor?, Listen, self: If God is for you, who can be against you? Psalm 41:11. For you do not doubt of your God. Methods devised to proclaim gospel. Hope in God. A second purpose is that you want to leave something lasting in the minds of the congregation when a sermon is over. Accept that we may need to make effort. I will say unto God, You are my lifter up; why have You forgotten me? I shall not want for nourishment, "He makes me to lie down in green pastures." 2. 2. The region intended seems to be "the northeastern corner of Palestine, near the lower slopes of Hermons" (Cheyne. By the Unchangeable it was revived; it is by the changeable it is disquieted. Let them still say, Where is your God? 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? 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. Why have You forgotten me? The Place of Refuge and Strength - Psalm 46. Justly, because the understanding spoken of is an abyss. 12. Were probably alert to the fragile desire for things. The epithet answers to that of the former part, "the living God," from which it differs by but one additional letter. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. Deep calls unto deep with the voice of your water-spouts Psalm 41:7. (vv. He needed to continue to hope in God until then. Deep calls to deep with the voice of Your water-spouts. 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. My health (my salvation) cannot be from myself; this it is that I will say, that I will confess. Injustice is done it, if it is regarded merely as the longing of a Levite for approach to the sanctuary. 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. So once more the wave of emotion rolls over the psalmist, but with a new aspect which makes all the difference. The writer suffered at the hands of tormenting enemies. The break in the clouds is but momentary, and the grey wrack fills the sky once more. Galatians6:2 5. It is not a question asked for enlightenments sake but is an exclamation of impatience, if not of rebuke. For I am suffering here, even as if You had forgotten me. Therefore the refrain comes for a third time; and this time the longing, trembling soul continues at the height to which the better self has lifted it, and silently acknowledges that it need not have been cast down. He was called the sweet dropper because of how much confidence and joy his sermons caused. In preparing an article on the above topic the writer is ex-plicitly informed that what is required is t"not an expository sermon," nor " an outline of an expository sermon, but di- Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God. Oh, how crucial this is in the fight of faith. "Gods continual love is a comfort for the soul continually beset by questions and mourning (cf. Everything We Need - Psalm 23. 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. 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 334.]. While they say daily unto me, Where is your God? He doesnt feel jubilant hope. Spiritual Depression - Psalm 42-43. 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. Clearly the superscriptions rested upon some tradition or knowledge, else defective information would not have been acknowledged as it is in this one; but some name would have been coined to fill the gap. In reference to the description of the psalmists locality, Cheyne beautifully says, "The preposition from is chosen (rather than in) with a subtle purpose. 14. If you would also ask the meanings of the names, Jordan means their descent. When shall I come and appear before God? How much was this cast in the teeth of the Martyrs! In Praise Of The King And His City (Audio) Download File. The Lord has commended His loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night will He declare it. 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. When shall I come and appear before God? That lovely metaphor has touched the common heart as few have done, and the solitary singers plaint has fitted all devout lips. The writer viewed his troubles like waves cascading down on him, as if he were standing under a waterfall. I thirst for God, the living God. Psalms 42:3)." REKINDLE YOUR PASSION (PSALMS 42:1-2 ) INTRO: SKIT: SATAN GOT YOUR JOY AND PASSION (1.) 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. It was not exactly literary fame which psalmists hungered for. He does not show that He is your Helper, unless tribulation come, from whence you must be rescued by Him who promised it to you in the day-time. All of the psalms in Book 2 have a title assigned to them except psalm 43, making it more likely that it . From the little hill, and from the land of Jordan. The Jordan Valley is quite wide north of this sea and the mountains of Hermon rise up to the east from it. So, at the end of verse 7, he says, All Your breakers and Your waves have gone over me.. Would you have me not disquiet you, panting as I am after what is good, thirsting and labouring as I am for it? Feel guilty about feeling cut-off. 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 ourselves, if we be but willing! Soul. The stage of mechanical repetition of complaints is not far from that of cessation of them. 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. Source. For if a Pagan should say this to me, I cannot retort it upon him, saying, Where is yours? Water the key theme in the Psalm. 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 is principally in the temptations of the Church they say this, Where is your God? He states the very words of that confession; he repeats the grounds on which he fortifies his hope. And what is it that the ant does? But yet, Why have You forgotten me? 3-7, NIV) Psalm 4: Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! Dont compromise! Expository Songs Psalm 42:1-2: Chandos Anthem No. ), the temple singers were still called the sons of Asaph. In view of the long and continued service of these temple servants, we cannot be absolutely sure when these psalms were composed, but whether they were written in the time of David or as late as Ezra, they are still Davidic associates, and that seems to reinforce the Davidic nature of these collections." I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. seeing that deep calls to deep, and after those sufferings severer ones are to be dreaded. Psalms 42:3). Psalms 42:5). There he understood of the last things; and solved the question concerning the prosperity of the unrighteous, and the sufferings of the righteous. At our very core we have a desire that only God can meet. 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. 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. See how great wonders I admire in the tabernacle! he says, In the voice of joy and praise; the sound of keeping holiday. THE VANITY OF SELF EFFORT. He hacked into the Harvard server, downloaded private dormitory ID photos, and posted them on his blog. 1Corinthians10:12 Therefore since there is no soundness in me for myself, there is no hope either for me of myself. But that just isnt the way we are. 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? Psalm 41:10. Hermon means anathematizing. The twofold emotions of Psalms 42:6 recur in Psalms 42:7-8, where we have first renewed despondency and then reaction into hope. This morning, I want us to take just a few minutes to consider Psalm 42. It is God who justifies. I will go, he says, into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God! For it is the strong members that are the bones; and sometimes even those that are strong sink under their temptations. 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. 2 16 How to Prepare an Expository Sermon on [April, HOW TO PREPARE AN EXPOSITORY SERMON ON PSALMS XLII. So, one purpose of the big idea is that you organize the sermon around it. The psalmist paints his calamities as storming on him in dismal continuity, each "flood" seeming to summon its successor. Even he, my tempter, the devil; while offenses are everywhere on the increase, because of the abundance of which the love of many is waxing cold. Verse 5: Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Asaph wrote Psalms 50, and Solomon composed Psalms 72. Numbers 26:10-11) were distinguished musicians (1 Chronicles 6:31-48). Is it disquieted on account of God? Has learnt to put up with less. For it is written in a certain passage, The mercy of the Lord is seasonable in the time of affliction, as clouds of rain in the time of drought. Psalm 42 and 43 almost certainly originally a single Psalm. They are the ballast in his little boat of faith. Why hope? Psalm 42 STROPHE DIVISIONS OF MODERN TRANSLATIONS READING CYCLE THREE (see "Guide to Good Bible Reading") FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S INTENT AT PARAGRAPH LEVEL This is a study guide commentary which means that you are responsible for your own interpretation of the Bible. He was blogging and trying to find something to get a girl off his mind. Last week's psalm was an unusually long one for the Psalm of Ascents, but this week we are back to a short psalm. I will say unto God, You are my lifter up. [Note: Bullock, p. "My soul is cast down; therefore let me remember Thee." The true counterpoise to its excess lies in directing it to God and in making Him the object of hope and patient waiting. Why have You rejected me? The separation, however, is old, since it is found in the LXX. religion or Christ. 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. 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. Hebrew word doesnt mean spirit but a persons life; who and what we really are. Contact information. 7. Learnt to live with disappointment and disillusionment., DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 4 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. Some scholars believe David wrote these psalms for the sons of Korah to perform. 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. But inasmuch as You sit at liberty, I have thus spoken unto my soul. The feminine soul has to give account of her moods to calmer judgment, and to be lifted and steadied by the strong spirit. It has been much disputed whether its proper signification is active (one who shows lovingkindness) or passive (one who receives it). {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. 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. P. J. Tibayan. (Doesnt mean they are bad. Psalms 42 expresses the writers yearning for God. I will be preaching on Psalm 6 to the saints and friends of the Bethany Baptist Church in Bellflower, Southeast LA, California, this Sunday, April 26, 2020, Lord-willing. God guides till we reach heaven - Psalm 73:24 C. God's guidance is by faith - Isaiah 42:16 3. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. 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. "As a deer longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for . Thus is it wisdom is learned, and thus faith, when man calls to man. 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 likely that he wrote these four as well, even though they do not bear his name (cf. He remembers past corporate worship experiences. No, but calls on is equivalent to calls to him. In his prayer, he would also ask God the reason for his continuing physical and emotional distress. 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. Verses 1-11 II. 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. The Wedding Psalm (Audio) Download File. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. Nature reflects the poets moods, and overmastering emotion sees its own analogues everywhere. I hope it speaks for you in this time of remembering. 4. PROPOSITION: In this sermon we see an 1) unrealized cure, 2) unabashed command, 3) unjustified criticism, 4) unapologetic confirmation. The last twelve deal with instruction. It "pants" and "thirsts," is "cast down" and disquieted; it is "poured out"; it can be bidden to "hope." And because he has the Lord for his shepherd, he does not lack anything he needs. Some ancient Hebrew manuscripts united Psalms 42, 43 as one. 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. 11-22. Whither then shall I go from Your presence? I. A similar bit of local colour is generally recognised in Psalms 42:7. The psalmist was thirsty for God. Of that house he speaks in another Psalm, after he had put a certain abstruse and difficult question to himself (viz., why is it that it generally goes well with the wicked on earth, and ill with the good? revival. Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? The word forgotten is an overstatement. I will not fear . During Ezra and Nehemiahs time (fifth century B.C. When spiritually dry, we who are believers should remind ourselves that God is sufficient for all our needs. Anathematize yourself, by being displeased with yourself; for if you are pleased with yourself, God will be displeased with you. 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. It is my God that is the saving health of my countenance. He ends with naming Him "the gladness of my joy." Descend then, that you may be lifted up: be not lifted up, lest you be cast down. The imagery is so usual that it needs no assumption of having been occasioned by the poets locality. You see, hoping in God doesnt come naturally for sinners like us. And just as there we found cause for rejoicing, so here there will not be wanting an occasion for sorrow. Who is to condemn? LEARNING TO DESIRE In this that I suffer are all Your waves; in the severer punishment that Thou threatenest, all Your overhangings have come unto me. aye, let them say it! He calls past experiences to mind. Perhaps from Baptism, where the remission of sins is given. 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. Start With Prayer. 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. [Note: For the meaning of Maskil, see my note on Psalms 32.] Therefore the psalm must be pre-exilic; and while there is no certainty attainable as to date, it may at least be said that the circumstances of the singer present more points of contact with those of the supposed Korachite follower of Davids fortunes on the uplands across Jordan than with those of any other of the imaginary persons to whom modern criticism has assigned the poem. Let there be no sloth in your running; run with all your might: long for the fountain with all your might. For example, Isaac Watts wrote these verses to be sung: Thats not a jubilant song. Servanthood What does it mean to be a servant of Christ. For having but the first-fruits of the Spirit, we groan within ourselves; waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of the body. Thats why a singable psalter is good to keep around or a hymnbook with the whole array of emotions. For what is there more profound than that abyss? John 4:14). AND XLIII. 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. 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. It is sometimes right to pray for the defeat of enemies. 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 Not many of us can compose songs when were discouraged and weeping day and night. Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmist's prayer in response to the lament. Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. However, he came back to the same expression of confidence with which he ended the first stanza. sermons and saints. Does man call on man as God is called upon? settled. 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. That's what he's seeking - jubilant hope. 2. Romans8:23 When that health (that salvation) is perfected in us, then shall we be living in the house of God for ever, and praising for ever Him to whom it was said, Blessed are they that dwell in Your house, they will be praising You world without end. But You are trying me, and I know that Thou dost but put off, not take utterly from me, what You have promised me. He doesn't feel jubilant hope. 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. There is another point to be observed in the hart. He may also have written those bearing the notation, "of the sons of Korah" (Psalms 42, 44-49). 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. We have undertaken the exposition of a Psalm corresponding to your own longings, on which we propose to speak to you. 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. Indeed the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. (John 4:14.). They are great ones, severe, hard to bear; but would they were all. Esther 4 - For Such a Time as This. The psalmist is far from the sanctuary, but distance does not hinder thought. 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. (NLT) Psalm 63: 1-5 - O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. God-Centred As we have seen, the immediate cause was his separation from the temple of 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. Sharing the love of God with the English speaking community of Calpe, SELECTED PSALMS FOR SUMMER 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? That which does must be living. Psalms 42:10 repeats the enemies taunt, which is there represented as like crushing blows which broke the bones. (1) There are a number of ancient manuscripts that have both of these psalms as just one continuous psalm. 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. 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. Esther 5 - Mission Impossible. If man then is an abyss, in what way does abyss call on abyss? It is a faith that has uncertainty in it; it is tinged by shades of doubt. Let then my insulting enemies now say, Where is your God? These outlines are eventually posted on this website. And indeed it is not ill understood as the cry of those, who being as yet Catechumens, are hastening to the grace of the holy Font. "Korah, Asaph, Heman, and Ethan are all associated with the service and music of the sanctuary in Davids reign. In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer.
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