My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, Where is your God? The heading above verse one tells us that Psalm 100 is a psalm for giving thanks. 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. I shall not want for nourishment, "He makes me to lie down in green pastures." 2. It was God whom he addressed, who remembered him from the land of Jordan and Hermon. Thus tremulous, timid, mobile, it is beautifully compared to a hind. Therefore now he triumphs, and though he still is keenly conscious of his enemies, they appear but for a moment, and though he still feels that he is far from the sanctuary, his heart goes out in hopeful visions of the gladness of his return thither, and he already tastes the rapture of the joy that will then flood his heart. Descend then, that you may be lifted up: be not lifted up, lest you be cast down. The Lord has commended His loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night will He declare it. 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? For I will confess unto Him. 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. 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. The house of God is still standing, the poet has been there recently, and hopes soon to return and render praise. AS THE DEER PANTS FOR STREAMS OF WATER. We will be looking at this Psalm in three parts over the next three weeks. He doesn't feel jubilant hope. If even it has been the lot of any, that very calm is more to be dreaded. These loveless people are not further defined, and may either have been Israelites or aliens. To recall past joys adds stings to present grief, but to remember God brings an anodyne for the smart. It is not however one individual, but it is One Body; but Christ's Body is the Church. Apr 24, 2020. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living 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. 9. 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.". Inevitably there are times we do feel cut-off from God. The insufficiency of the circumstances described to warrant the vehement emotions expressed is implied in the summons. Indeed the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. (John 4:14.). For there is a depth, a profound, the bottom of which cannot be reached by sounding. Devil" I've got it I've stolen his JOY" (4.) God guides till we reach heaven - Psalm 73:24 C. God's guidance is by faith - Isaiah 42:16 3. A second purpose is that you want to leave something lasting in the minds of the congregation when a sermon is over. 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. Has learnt to make do with occasional puddles. 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? 7. But it is a song of faith. A. I, so long as I do not see, so long as my happiness is postponed, make my tears my bread day and night. My email address is feedback732 at newadvent.org. Psalmist feels cut off from Gods presence in some way possibly in exile from Israel, possibly by illness. Does man call on man as God is called upon? 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. 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? Let then my insulting enemies now say, Where is your God? DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 1 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. And the little hill of Hermon. 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. AND XLIII. 2 16 How to Prepare an Expository Sermon on [April, HOW TO PREPARE AN EXPOSITORY SERMON ON PSALMS XLII. 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. It is sometimes right to pray for the defeat of enemies. 3. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1888.) But, considering that lovingkindness is in the Psalter mainly a Divine attribute, and that, when a human excellence, it is regarded as derived from and being the echo of experienced Divine mercy, it is best to take the passive meaning as the principal, though sometimes, as unmistakably here, the active is more suitable. Asaph wrote Psalms 50, and Solomon composed Psalms 72. 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. 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. He could not obtain the refreshment he needed yet, but he looked forward to finding it soon. "Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other" ( Psalm 85:10 ). For men saw their torments outwardly; they did not inwardly behold their crowns! 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. For we find in the hart an emblem of swiftness. Thats why it pains me that were not presently able to be together. scenes of glory on a sea of gloom. With the alternation of mood already noticed as characteristic, the singer looks forward, even from the midst of overwhelming seas of trouble, to a future day when God will give His angel, Mercy or Lovingkindness, charge concerning him and draw him out of many waters. Hes confirming his faith in the midst of turmoil and discouragement by remembering how real God was in corporate worship. PSALM 51:1-2. He ends with naming Him "the gladness of my joy." 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. JESUS URGES US TO DESIRE ETERNAL LIFE In building the Lord's house. Esther 5 - Mission Impossible. (Psalm 42:2-4) Maclaren notes, "The whole psalm reads like the sob of a wounded heart." What was its cause? He longed for God, whom he confidently expected to be able to praise in the future when the Lord would deliver him. 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. 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." Hes not thirsting mainly for escape. (Doesnt mean they are bad. But the victory is not quite won, and therefore Psalms 43:1-5, follows. 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. The superscription identifies the sons of Korah as the writers (or recipients) of this psalm. For it is in hope that we are saved; but hope that is seen, is not hope. 11. Scripture ref: Luke 16:19-23. 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. Why have You rejected me? Without it we die. 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? 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.. It is the prerogative of faith to make pictures drawn by memory pale beside those painted by hope. 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. These were Levites, and (according to 1 Chronicles 9:19 seq.) Objectives: That each would understand the events that occurred at the pool of Bethesda and learn the lessons of appropriate compassion and sinful apathy. It consists of two stanzas, each of which ends with the same refrain. When Fear Grips Your Life - Psalm 27. DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 2 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. Accept that we may need to make effort. But yet, Why have You forgotten me? 14. In Book 2, the titles identify David as the writer of 18 psalms (Psalms 51-65, 68-70). God being what He is, no longing soul can ever remain unsatisfied. God Our Refuge And Strength (Audio) Download File. Youve learned deeply that its no relief to say that God does not rule the wind and the waves. Once more, too, the higher self repeats its half-rebuke, half-encouragement. Methods devised to proclaim gospel. Hear what else there is in the hart. 1. Psalm 42 - Honest Prayer from a Discouraged Saint This psalm is titled To the Chief Musician. 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. 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. For it is there, in the sanctuary of God, in the house of God, is the fountain of understanding. 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? 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. Understand that God may use suffering to refocus our deepest desires on Him. This psalm is the fourth and last psalm in the Psalms of Ascent that is attributed to King David. What is meant by like the hart? Anathematize yourself, by being displeased with yourself; for if you are pleased with yourself, God will be displeased with you. My soul is thirsty for the living God Psalm 41:2. 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. 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 In verses 5 and 11, he calls God "my salvation and my God.". WHATS THE PSALM ABOUT? Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. Has experienced the joy of long refreshing drinks in a cool mountain stream. The Hebrew would bear either meaning; but if the latter is adopted, all these psalms are anonymous. 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. 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. Korah was a great-grandson of Levi who rebelled against Moses leadership (Numbers 16:1-2). 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. Injustice is done it, if it is regarded merely as the longing of a Levite for approach to the sanctuary. 8. Are they not a kind of harts that the Apostle addresses, saying, Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the Law of Christ? The "soul" is feminine in Hebrew, and is here compared to the female deer, for "pants" is the feminine form of the verb, though its noun is masculine. But in the Hebrew Bible, God never gave anyone this blessing nor did God ever use the word when he was speaking. revive us again. (2) Psalm 43 has no title for it. THE VANITY OF SELF EFFORT. For it is there is the house of my God. We have met with the sons of Korah in other titles of Psalms: and remember to have discussed and stated already the meaning of this name. By the Unchangeable it was revived; it is by the changeable it is disquieted. Again the psalmist encouraged himself with the rhetorical refrain (cf. 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. 2. They keep him from capsizing in the tumult of his emotions. In the midst of the tumult of emotions, were not always careful with our words. Then follows a gleam of hope, like a rainbow spanning the waterfall. This is not inconsistent with righteousnessit is righteousness. 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. I have now had the perception of something that is unchangeable; why do you disquiet me still? And whither shall I flee from Your Spirit? Grief which finds no fresh words is beginning to dry up. It is God who justifies. In the daytime the Lord would pour out His love to the psalmist, and in the night he would respond by praising God. This remembrance will encourage us to continue to trust Him while we go through temporarily distressing periods. Preaching Christ from Psalms: Foundations for Expository Sermons in the Christian Year by SIdney Greidanus Publisher: Eerdmans , 2016 ISBN: 9780802873668 3 ratings Digital $26.99 Digital (Group) $26.99 Overview Learnt to live with disappointment and disillusionment., DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 4 The deer that doesnt mind a sip or two of water if it happens to come their way or it isnt too inconvenient to look for it. (1) There are a number of ancient manuscripts that have both of these psalms as just one continuous psalm. It is what church historian Martin Marty might call a "wintery" faith. The sons of Korah (cf. In his prayer, he would also ask God the reason for his continuing physical and emotional distress. 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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. The true counterpoise to its excess lies in directing it to God and in making Him the object of hope and patient waiting. Perhaps because expository sermons take much diligence and study, many preachers look for an easier way. 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. For He who threatens does not let His judgments fall upon us, but keeps them suspended over us. Perhaps there was something in there for you too. The deer will die. What sacrifice of a troubled spirit I have within, hear. So, let me invite you to take your copy of Gods Word and turn to Psalm 42. Esther 6 - Sleepless in Susa and Rain on the Parade. A Heart for the Lord - Psalm 84. If you would also ask the meanings of the names, Jordan means their descent. Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmist's prayer in response to the lament. 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. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit. So cried our Head also, as if speaking in our name. A. Feel guilty about feeling cut-off. My tears (he says) have been not bitterness, but my bread. They are sons of the bridegroom, sons of Christ. Those very tears were sweet unto me: being thirsty for that fountain, inasmuch as I was not as yet able to drink of it, I have eagerly made my tears my meat. 42-72 In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. Why hope? 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. Scripture: PSALM 42:1-11, PSALM 43:1-5 Inner-Turmoil David Cawston Psalm 42:1-11; Psalm 43:1-5 Introduction: I have a churning place, it's in my stomach just below my rib cage. Evidently he was near the Hermon range of mountains that stood north of the Sea of Chinnereth (Galilee). Why, when already longing for those things, have I been cast down to these, by the weight and burden of my iniquity? Therefore we are warned to be like the ant. Let there be no sloth in your running; run with all your might: long for the fountain with all your might. When away from the stream makes it a priority to rediscover it.. I hope it speaks for you in this time of remembering. Scripture: Psalms 42:1-2 Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational Summary: THIRSTING FOR GOD THIRSTING FOR GOD (NLT) Psalm 42: 1-2 - As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. Expository Songs Psalm 42:1-2: Chandos Anthem No. 13. We must learn to preach the truth to ourselves. I thought on these things, and poured out my soul above myself Psalm 41:4. 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. A Psalm Of The Have-Nots (Audio) Download File. Where, I pray, is your God? Verses 1-11 II. 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. 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. 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. [Note: See Swindoll, pp. That I may behold (he says) the beauty of the Lord. How does the Psalmist know this? He states the very words of that confession; he repeats the grounds on which he fortifies his hope. The facts on which faith feeds abide while faith fluctuates. He doesnt feel jubilant hope. 11-22. (vv. 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? Original setting not known. In the waves that deep calls; in the overhangings is the other deep which it calls to. 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. settled. PSALM 42 Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? The word forgotten is an overstatement. sermons and saints. Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God. Oh, how crucial this is in the fight of faith. 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. P. J. Tibayan. sing unto the . Who is to condemn? It is ourselves, if we be but willing! For I am suffering here, even as if You had forgotten me. 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. It is reported of stagsthat when they either wander in the herds, or when they are swimming to reach some other parts of the earth, that they support the burdens of their heads on each other, in such a manner as that one takes the lead, and others follow, resting their heads upon him, as again others who follow do upon them, and others in succession to the very end of the herd; but the one who took the lead in bearing the burden of their heads, when tired, returns to the rear, and rests himself after his fatigue by supporting his head just as did the others; by thus supporting what is burdensome, each in turn, they both accomplish their journey, and do not abandon each other. 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). Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Emotion varies, but God is the same. revival. Is it disquieted on account of God? I may perhaps finish the Psalm, aided as I am by your attention, whose fervour I perceive. 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. John 4:14). For I am alarmed by the Apostle's saying, Let him that thinks he stands, take heed lest he fall. 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. As water from a brook sustains a deer physically, so God Himself sustains people spiritually (cf. The Place of Refuge and Strength - Psalm 46. Numbers 26:10-11) were distinguished musicians (1 Chronicles 6:31-48). Decisions made according to Scripture yield peace - Psalm 119:101 B. 1. For I will go into the place of Your wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God. Whoever wrote it has given immortal form to the longings of the soul after God.