The kingdom of Israel was first united under David, and it is appropriate that David would write a psalm about living together in unity. Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmists prayer in response to the lament. : 42:2-6) The . 3. For what is there more profound than that abyss? inasmuch as he points with his finger to some stone, and says, Lo, there is my God! Deep calls to deep with the voice of Your water-spouts. I hope it speaks for you in this time of remembering. 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. 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. Some ancient Hebrew manuscripts united Psalms 42, 43 as one. Where, I pray, is your God? Expository Sermons on Psalm 6. Psalms 42:10 repeats the enemies taunt, which is there represented as like crushing blows which broke the bones. For it is there is the house of my God. John 4:14). Deep calls on deep with the voice of Your water-spouts. Some scholars believe David wrote these psalms for the sons of Korah to perform. Because He loves us. Psalms 42:5). 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. 9. 18. At our very core we have a desire that only God can meet. 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. 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. The enemy is called a "loveless nation." Is it disquieted on account of God? For I will go into the place of Your wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God. But even these bitter sarcasms are less bitter than the remembrance of "happier things," which is his "sorrows crown of sorrow." The first ten verses deal with thanksgiving and praise for deliverance. 1. 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. And its shaped by thinking and feeling with God in the Psalms. The psalmist was far from Jerusalem and the central sanctuary. 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. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. Asaph wrote Psalms 50, and Solomon composed Psalms 72. I may perhaps finish the Psalm, aided as I am by your attention, whose fervour I perceive. 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. 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. 2. Let there be no sloth in your running; run with all your might: long for the fountain with all your might. Does man call on man as God is called upon? It is a faith that has uncertainty in it; it is tinged by shades of doubt. If even it has been the lot of any, that very calm is more to be dreaded. Hope in God: for I will confess unto Him. The deer that rejects water. Doesnt believe in it, doesnt long for it, or doesnt know they long for it. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. 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. However, he came back to the same expression of confidence with which he ended the first stanza. 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. This is a holiday of such a kind, as neither to be opened by any dawn, nor terminated by any evening. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (Heb. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit. The refrain is repeated for a third time, and is followed by no relapse into sadness. "Korah, Asaph, Heman, and Ethan are all associated with the service and music of the sanctuary in Davids reign. This morning, I want us to take just a few minutes to consider Psalm 42. Why then does Korah stand for Christ? 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? Each of us must walk in the light we have. The Jordan Valley is quite wide north of this sea and the mountains of Hermon rise up to the east from it. 334.]. Psalm 42 - Honest Prayer from a Discouraged Saint This psalm is titled To the Chief Musician. My tears (he says) have been not bitterness, but my bread. 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? Fourth, the psalmist preaches to his own soul. The form of the verbs "remember" and "pour out" in Psalms 42:4 indicates set purpose. refreshing waters from a high hill. We must learn to preach the truth to ourselves. Whoever begins as he did will finish where he climbed. Esther TOP. With God is the fountain of Life; a fountain that shall never be dried up: in His Light is a Light that shall never be darkened. Perhaps because expository sermons take much diligence and study, many preachers look for an easier way. 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! Finally, the psalmist thirsts for God like a deer pants for the stream. 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? Mount Mizar is one of the hills in that area. Naturally this transition strophe is marked by the mingling of both. 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. 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. religion or Christ. The epithet answers to that of the former part, "the living God," from which it differs by but one additional letter. I will say unto God, You are my lifter up; why have You forgotten me? It is the prerogative of faith to make pictures drawn by memory pale beside those painted by hope. 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. The situation is described as in the preceding parts. AND XLIII. What we do at church is a real transaction with the living God. 4) Paul's sermon at the synagogue (Acts 13:16-41) involves an exposition of the prophecies of the Old Testament and a revealing of the hearts of his listeners: They are a people who may become scoffers and eventually unbelieving. For in tribulation every one must be profited by what he heard in the time of security. Tweed. Both psalms are individual laments. Download File. 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 on my own account it is disquieted. 3. For what is it thirsty? We have undertaken the exposition of a Psalm corresponding to your own longings, on which we propose to speak to you. Psalms 43:2 looks back to Psalms 42:9, the former clause in each verse being practically equivalent, and the second in 43 (Psalms 43:2), being a quotation of the second in Psalms 42:9, with a variation in the form of the verb to suggest more vividly the picture of weary, slow, dragging gait, fit for a man clad in mourning garb. When spiritually dry, we who are believers should remind ourselves that God is sufficient for all our needs. 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. Apr 24, 2020. Look at programs man has instituted to build the churches. The name "Elohim" occurs 164 times in this section of the Psalms, and the name "Yahweh" ("LORD") appears only 30 times. I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. I. He prays now; he had only remembered and complained and said that he would pray before. How much was this cast in the teeth of the Martyrs! 1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. Original setting not known. 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." Why hope? 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. 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. For I will confess unto Him. 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. 2. 1:1-. she must be up to something. OBJECTIVES:Each listener should be able to understand the story, repeat it, and . the heights of Hermon from Mount Mizar. As he walks in this tabernacle, and contemplates God's wonderful works for the redemption of the faithful, the sound of that festivity charms his ears, and bears the hart away to the water-brooks. PROPOSITION: In this sermon we see an 1) unrealized cure, 2) unabashed command, 3) unjustified criticism, 4) unapologetic confirmation. ), 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." So, one purpose of the big idea is that you organize the sermon around it. Esther 3:7-15 - The First PLO. Can put forward good arguments for not believing in water or having any desire for it. 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. 17. 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. Understand that God may use suffering to refocus our deepest desires on Him. And why ask, who it is other than yourself, when it is in your power to be the thing which you are asking about? There is great similarity between the content of these psalms and the ones David wrote. 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. And just as there we found cause for rejoicing, so here there will not be wanting an occasion for sorrow. 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. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. 12. Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? The word forgotten is an overstatement. Deep calls unto deep with the voice of your water-spouts Psalm 41:7. Without it we die. The repeated taunt of his enemies would hopefully move God to deliver him (cf. This it is for which I am thirsty, to come and to appear before Him. 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. LEARNING TO DESIRE God was not providing for his needs just then. Individual rather than corporate. Its not wrong to want relief and to pray for it. Edited by Philip Schaff. For it is there, in the sanctuary of God, in the house of God, is the fountain of understanding. WHATS THE PSALM ABOUT? The facts on which faith feeds abide while faith fluctuates. Whoever wrote it has given immortal form to the longings of the soul after God. Thats why it pains me that were not presently able to be together. 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. Second, in the midst of his discouragement, he affirms God's sovereign love for him. It is what church historian Martin Marty might call a "wintery" faith. 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 perhaps Scripture meant us to consider in the stag not this point only, but another also. Mountain Hill Church, All rights reserved, Website Created by Digital Design Solutions, New Life in the Spirit (Part 1) Romans 8:1-17. This conflict of opposite emotions is the characteristic of the second part of the psalm, while that of the first part is an all but unrelieved predominance of gloom, and that of the third an all but undisputed victory of sunshine. 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. If man then is an abyss, in what way does abyss call on abyss? In his prayer, he would also ask God the reason for his continuing physical and emotional distress. Esther 6 - Sleepless in Susa and Rain on the Parade. Update: Here is my sermon on Psalm 6 (video and manuscript) sing unto the . From whence did I remember you? Perhaps from Baptism, where the remission of sins is given. But seeing, brethren, so long as we are at home in this body, we are absent from the Lord; 2Corinthians5:6 and the corruptible body presses down the soul, and the earthly tabernacle weighs down the mind that muses on many things; Wisdom9:15 even though we have some way or other dispersed the clouds, by walking as longing leads us on, and for a brief while have come within reach of that sound, so that by an effort we may catch something from that house of God, yet through the burden, so to speak, of our infirmity, we sink back to our usual level, and relapse to our ordinary state. And, as it seems to answer, Would you not have me disquiet you, placed as I am here in so great evils? My brother! Mistaking the desire for religion and religious practices for a desire for God. 10. To the Lord I cry aloud and He answers me from His holy hill. Spiritual Depression - Psalm 42-43. 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. He never loses this grip on the great truths about God. A similar bit of local colour is generally recognised in Psalms 42:7. And the little hill of Hermon. Thats what hes seeking jubilant hope. Why, when already longing for those things, have I been cast down to these, by the weight and burden of my iniquity? It was not exactly literary fame which psalmists hungered for. The true counterpoise to its excess lies in directing it to God and in making Him the object of hope and patient waiting. So, the psalmist affirms Gods sovereign love for him in and through all the troubles. To what mortal's lot has it fallen? Hermon means anathematizing. In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. Descend then, that you may be lifted up: be not lifted up, lest you be cast down. Rich Man and Lazarus Sermon Outline. Romans8:24-25. EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE) . Sharing the love of God with the English speaking community of Calpe, SELECTED PSALMS FOR SUMMER 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? Psalm 41:11. It may have been so, but the supposition is unnecessary. 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. send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.' . 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. 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? He then forwarded these photos to several university e-mail lists. 5) Finally, at the Areopagus in Athens (Acts 17:22-34), Paul exposes the gathered worshipers as being ignorant of . Source. Unless you become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. (Matt 18:3.) restoring the joy. {Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5} But probably the text is faulty. They keep him from capsizing in the tumult of his emotions. 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. JESUS URGES US TO DESIRE ETERNAL LIFE There is another point to be observed in the hart. Would you have me not disquiet you, panting as I am after what is good, thirsting and labouring as I am for it? And what is it that the ant does? {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. 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? The preceding verses have given ample reason why she has been dejected, but now she is summoned to repeat them to a judicial ear. Oh, how many of you have learned this more deeply than me because of the waves that have broken over your lives. He began with yearning after the living God. 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. Let this be allowed; and this meaning retain its place in the Church; a place both truthful and sanctioned by usage. What is meant by like the hart? Rejected me, that is to say, from that height of the apprehension of the unchangeable Truth. 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