1Corinthians10:12 Therefore since there is no soundness in me for myself, there is no hope either for me of myself. Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Why have You rejected me? Methods devised to proclaim gospel. I, so long as I do not see, so long as my happiness is postponed, make my tears my bread day and night. 2. + Funeral Homilies The bold metaphors are more striking when contrasted with the opposite ones of the first part. For having but the first-fruits of the Spirit, we groan within ourselves; waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of the body. RELATING TO THE PSALM Hermon means anathematizing. seeing that deep calls to deep, and after those sufferings severer ones are to be dreaded. Sorrow is shot with trust. Let this be allowed; and this meaning retain its place in the Church; a place both truthful and sanctioned by usage. 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. . the office of keepers of the door of the sanctuary had been hereditary in their family from the time of Moses. 3. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. scenes of glory on a sea of gloom. Why have You rejected me? 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. And why ask, who it is other than yourself, when it is in your power to be the thing which you are asking about? religion or Christ. Why go I mourning, while mine enemy troubles me, while he breaks my bones? That's what he's seeking - jubilant hope. Where, I pray, is your God? Psalms 42:3)." So rather than prepare a sermon, I simply wrote a letter. I will say unto God, You are my lifter up; why have You forgotten me? 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. 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. Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. And whither shall I flee from Your Spirit? 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 unto deep with the voice of your water-spouts Psalm 41:7. Key idea here is longing for God when in a wilderness situation. All of the psalms in Book 2 have a title assigned to them except psalm 43, making it more likely that it . Who shall separate you from the love of Christ? (Romans 8:3135 paraphrased), Fifth, the psalmist remembers. Psalm 22 is an excellent choice for a sermon on Good Friday because, according to Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34, Jesus, "the man of sorrows" (Is 53:3), voiced the haunting opening words of this magnificent psalm, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" in his dying moment on the cross of Golgotha. 15. He longed for God, whom he confidently expected to be able to praise in the future when the Lord would deliver him. 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. But perhaps Scripture meant us to consider in the stag not this point only, but another also. Galatians6:2 5. This I make my business here; I who am the hart thirsting and longing for the water-brooks, calling to mind the sweetness of that strain, by which I was led on through the tabernacle even to the house of God; while this corruptible body presses down the soul, Wisdom9:15 there is yet with me prayer unto the God of my life. We must learn to preach the truth to ourselves. It was not exactly literary fame which psalmists hungered for. 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. God being what He is, no longing soul can ever remain unsatisfied. The angelic choir makes an eternal holiday: the presence of God's face, joy that never fails. As water from a brook sustains a deer physically, so God Himself sustains people spiritually (cf. But that just isnt the way we are. For I will confess unto Him. The Hebrew would bear either meaning; but if the latter is adopted, all these psalms are anonymous. For we find in the hart an emblem of swiftness. The refrain is repeated for a third time, and is followed by no relapse into sadness. Decisions made according to Scripture yield peace - Psalm 119:101 B. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to: sermonseeds-subscribe@associate.com. The true object of its longings is always God, however little it knows for what it is thirsting. 334.]. I thought on these things, and poured out my soul above myself Psalm 41:4. It is a faith that hungers and thirsts for God and yet remains empty. 2. Why sons of Korah? And, as it seems to answer, Would you not have me disquiet you, placed as I am here in so great evils? For when I was pouring out my soul above myself, in order to reach my God, why did I do so? The psalmists lamentation because of his enemies 42:6-11. Why hope? But more important than any of that is God Himself. 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. The Place of Refuge and Strength - Psalm 46. 17. Hear what else there is in the hart. I thirst for God, the living God. He states the very words of that confession; he repeats the grounds on which he fortifies his hope. If even it has been the lot of any, that very calm is more to be dreaded. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. 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. But isnt it amazing that hes singing his prayer! They who trouble me cast me in the teeth. Some ancient Hebrew manuscripts united Psalms 42, 43 as one. Rich Man and Lazarus Sermon Outline. John 4:14). she must be up to something. Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmist's prayer in response to the lament. The deer that rejects water. Doesnt believe in it, doesnt long for it, or doesnt know they long for it. restoring the joy. "Mizar" is probably the name of a hill otherwise unknown, and specifies the singers locality more minutely, though not helpfully to us. 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. Sustaining Peace - John 14:27; 16:33 A. God's peace is distinct - 14:27 B. God's peace sustains in troubles and fear - 14:27 C. God's peace is only in Christ (Authoritative peace . Perhaps there was something in there for you too. 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. He may also have written those bearing the notation, "of the sons of Korah" (Psalms 42, 44-49). The break in the clouds is but momentary, and the grey wrack fills the sky once more. 2 Wash away my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin. 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. God was not providing for his needs just then. settled. Does man call on man as God is called upon? ), 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." Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Psalm 127. To what mortal's lot has it fallen? 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! Feel guilty about not desiring God more. So once more the wave of emotion rolls over the psalmist, but with a new aspect which makes all the difference. 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. How could it happen? And because he has the Lord for his shepherd, he does not lack anything he needs. Update: Here is my sermon on Psalm 6 (video and manuscript) Unless you become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. (Matt 18:3.) 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. 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. In verses 5 and 11, he calls God "my salvation and my God.". Evidently he was near the Hermon range of mountains that stood north of the Sea of Chinnereth (Galilee). Psalm 42 - Honest Prayer from a Discouraged Saint This psalm is titled To the Chief Musician. Who shall bring any charge against you as Gods elect? Hear what else there is in the hart. Deep calls on deep with the voice of Your water-spouts. The Jordan Valley is quite wide north of this sea and the mountains of Hermon rise up to the east from it. The kingdom of Israel was first united under David, and it is appropriate that David would write a psalm about living together in unity. I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. My soul is thirsty for the living God Psalm 41:2. While they say daily unto me, Where is your God? 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. Then follows a gleam of hope, like a rainbow spanning the waterfall. The serpents are your vices, destroy the serpents of iniquity; then will you long yet more for the Fountain of Truth. For many of us other desires can get in the way of us really desiring God. The writer remembered with great delight the times when he found spiritual refreshment at the sanctuary in Jerusalem, but he was not able to return there yet. There is much in the psalms which favours the hypothesis that the author was a Korachite companion of Davids in his flight before Absalom; but the locality, described as that of the singer, does not entirely correspond to that of the kings retreat, and the description of the enemies is not easily capable of application in all points to his foes. Apr 24, 2020. AS THE DEER PANTS FOR STREAMS OF WATER. In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. With wise resolve he finds in dejection a reason for nestling closer to God. 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. Expository Songs Psalm 42:1-2: Chandos Anthem No. But the gloomier mood has shot its last bolt. This man was cut off from worship of the living God. (NLT) Psalm 63: 1-5 - O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. The two psalms (Psalms 42:1-11, Psalms 43:1-5) are plainly one. Its not wrong to want relief and to pray for it. 8. It had been so far strengthened by the encouragement of the refrain that the reflux of sadness at once rouses it to action. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. We have undertaken the exposition of a Psalm corresponding to your own longings, on which we propose to speak to you. For I am suffering here, even as if You had forgotten me. And this, which is soon in the sight of God, is late to our longing. The actual return to the Temple is desired because thereby new praise will be occasioned. Hebrew word doesnt mean spirit but a persons life; who and what we really are. 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. Devil" I've got it I've stolen his JOY" (4.) THE second book of the Psalter is characterised by the use of the Divine name "Elohim" instead of "Jehovah." ), 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. Spiritual Depression - Psalm 42-43. Soul. It is likely that he wrote these four as well, even though they do not bear his name (cf. Sermon Seeds is a weekly e-mail list featuring brief, expository outlines designed to help preachers and Bible teachers with their preparations. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? The word forgotten is an overstatement. Psalm 42 and 43 almost certainly originally a single Psalm. Whoever begins as he did will finish where he climbed. I shall not want for strength, "He restoreth my soul." C. Jesus also knew the responsibilities of the Shepherd to the sheep. He then forwarded these photos to several university e-mail lists. All Your overhangings and Your waves have come upon me. For I will go into the place of Your wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God. It has been much disputed whether its proper signification is active (one who shows lovingkindness) or passive (one who receives it). In other words, all his crashing and tumultuous and oppressing and discouraging circumstances are the waves of God. And may He grant our desire through the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of 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. This man was in exile and it depressed him. But When shall I come? 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. For if a Pagan should say this to me, I cannot retort it upon him, saying, Where is yours? 18. Important that we dont respond inappropriately. I may perhaps finish the Psalm, aided as I am by your attention, whose fervour I perceive. 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. Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:11; Psalms 43:5). For there is a depth, a profound, the bottom of which cannot be reached by sounding. AND XLIII. He longed for God, whom he confidently expected to be able to praise in the future when the Lord would deliver him. What is meant by like the hart? They are sons of the bridegroom, sons of Christ. 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. I will not fear . Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99 1. The first ten verses deal with thanksgiving and praise for deliverance. The facts on which faith feeds abide while faith fluctuates. Thats what hes seeking jubilant hope. 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. 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? revive us again. 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. The psalmist was far from Jerusalem and the central sanctuary. OBJECTIVES:Each listener should be able to understand the story, repeat it, and . 6. 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. The epithet answers to that of the former part, "the living God," from which it differs by but one additional letter. This remembrance will encourage us to continue to trust Him while we go through temporarily distressing periods. For in tribulation every one must be profited by what he heard in the time of security. Were probably alert to the fragile desire for things. 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. Psalms 43, 66, 67, , 71 are anonymous. It was a long way from Mount Zion where the ark dwelt in Davids day. For how can it be that in the midst of these tempests of the world, you should pass through the whole of that sea, without suffering? (vv. Streaks of brightness flash through the gloom. 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. 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. Unnamed foes taunt the psalmist with the question, "Where is thy God?" 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. The psalmist encouraged himself rhetorically by reminding himself that he would again praise God. They keep him from capsizing in the tumult of his emotions. His dwelling-place is above my soul; from thence He beholds me; from thence He created me; from thence He directs me and provides for me; from thence he appeals to me, and calls me, and directs me; leads me in the way, and to the end of my way.. .. 8. . 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. So thats a sermon for me, today. In this stanza the writer focused on his enemies rather than on God. Scripture ref: Luke 16:19-23. In the daytime the Lord would pour out His love to the psalmist, and in the night he would respond by praising God. Regrettably, I can't reply to every letter, but I greatly appreciate your feedback especially notifications about typographical errors and inappropriate ads. I hope it speaks for you in this time of remembering. I will say unto God, You are my lifter up. So, let me invite you to take your copy of Gods Word and turn to Psalm 42. Those men so patient and courageous for the name of Christ, how often was it said to them, Where is your God? These outlines are eventually posted on this website. inasmuch as he points with his finger to some stone, and says, Lo, there is my God! Longings and tears, remembrances of festal hours passed in the sanctuary melt the singers soul, while taunting enemies hiss continual sarcasms at him as forsaken by his God. 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? Wherefore so? For I will go into the place of Your Tabernacle. Some scholars believe David wrote these psalms for the sons of Korah to perform. The Lord has commended His loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night will He declare it. For you do not doubt of your God. A Heart for the Lord - Psalm 84. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? My email address is feedback732 at newadvent.org. 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. 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. 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? There he understood of the last things; and solved the question concerning the prosperity of the unrighteous, and the sufferings of the righteous. Hope thou in God; for I will yet confess unto Him Psalm 41:11. Verse 8: By day the Lord commands His steadfast love, and at night His song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. In verses 5 and 11, he calls God my salvation [or Savior] and my God. 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