Tweed. (vv. 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. The epithet answers to that of the former part, "the living God," from which it differs by but one additional letter. Descend then, that you may be lifted up: be not lifted up, lest you be cast down. The writer viewed his troubles like waves cascading down on him, as if he were standing under a waterfall. Methods devised to proclaim gospel. 2. In his prayer, he would also ask God the reason for his continuing physical and emotional distress. 5) Finally, at the Areopagus in Athens (Acts 17:22-34), Paul exposes the gathered worshipers as being ignorant of . Indeed the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. (John 4:14.). 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. 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? Whoever begins as he did will finish where he climbed. REKINDLE YOUR PASSION (PSALMS 42:1-2 ) INTRO: SKIT: SATAN GOT YOUR JOY AND PASSION (1.) 3. 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. 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. The Jordan Valley is quite wide north of this sea and the mountains of Hermon rise up to the east from it. Download File. [Note: See Swindoll, pp. 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. 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. I. When shall I come and appear before God? 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. Two-person skit: the chained, the Devil (2.) The Wedding Psalm (Audio) Download File. Mistaking the desire for religion and religious practices for a desire for God. 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. Oh, how many of you have learned this more deeply than me because of the waves that have broken over your lives. (Psalm 42:2-4) Maclaren notes, "The whole psalm reads like the sob of a wounded heart." What was its cause? Psalms 43, 66, 67, , 71 are anonymous. A similar bit of local colour is generally recognised in Psalms 42:7. "Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other" ( Psalm 85:10 ). Hope in God. Galatians6:2 5. Is it disquieted on account of God? 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. Servanthood What does it mean to be a servant of Christ. This is not inconsistent with righteousnessit is righteousness. A. The angelic choir makes an eternal holiday: the presence of God's face, joy that never fails. We must learn to preach the truth to ourselves. It is useless to speculate on its origin. It is God who justifies. 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. Why have You rejected me? So, the psalmist affirms God's sovereign love for him in and through all the troubles. 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 bloated with other things hasnt got space for water., DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 3 God means for these encounters with Him in corporate worship to preserve your faith now and in the way you remember them later. Thats why it pains me that were not presently able to be together. 2. I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 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. Psalms 42:3). Rather than drinking from God, he had to drink the water of his own tears. 1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. Source. Esther 4 - For Such a Time as This. sing unto the . LEARNING TO DESIRE It has been ingeniously conjectured by Delitzsch that the Korachite psalms originally formed a separate collection entitled "Songs of the Sons of Korach," and that this title afterwards passed over into the superscriptions when they were incorporated in the Psalter. That is the worlds way with the calamities of a devout man, whose humble cry, "My God," it resents as presumption or hypocrisy. It was in wonder and admiration he spoke this: Abyss calls unto abyss with the voice of Your water-spouts. 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. 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. You see, hoping in God doesnt come naturally for sinners like us. Regrettably, I can't reply to every letter, but I greatly appreciate your feedback especially notifications about typographical errors and inappropriate ads. The twofold emotions of Psalms 42:6 recur in Psalms 42:7-8, where we have first renewed despondency and then reaction into hope. Hear what else there is in the hart. What then is the abyss that calls, and to what other abyss does it call? What is meant by like the hart? About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . 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. The separation, however, is old, since it is found in the LXX. The dry and thirsty land there and the rush of waters here mean the same thing, so flexible is nature in a poets hands. 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. Contact information. The bold metaphors are more striking when contrasted with the opposite ones of the first part. The higher self arrests this flow of self-pity and lamentation. Why have You forgotten me? 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. But You are trying me, and I know that Thou dost but put off, not take utterly from me, what You have promised me. Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. Inevitably there are times we do feel cut-off from God. the office of keepers of the door of the sanctuary had been hereditary in their family from the time of Moses. When away from the stream makes it a priority to rediscover it.. The repeated taunt of his enemies would hopefully move God to deliver him (cf. 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. As water from a brook sustains a deer physically, so God Himself sustains people spiritually (cf. By the Unchangeable it was revived; it is by the changeable it is disquieted. Rejected me, that is to say, from that height of the apprehension of the unchangeable Truth. So, one purpose of the big idea is that you organize the sermon around it. Perhaps because expository sermons take much diligence and study, many preachers look for an easier way. Hope and trust hold the field. The Place of Refuge and Strength - Psalm 46. I will go, he says, into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God! And when these are heard, what do we passers by say? 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 A second purpose is that you want to leave something lasting in the minds of the congregation when a sermon is over. These loveless people are not further defined, and may either have been Israelites or aliens. AS THE DEER PANTS FOR STREAMS OF WATER. For I am suffering here, even as if You had forgotten me. 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." 63.]. The psalmist was far from Jerusalem and the central sanctuary. My health (my salvation) cannot be from myself; this it is that I will say, that I will confess. Some ancient Hebrew manuscripts united Psalms 42, 43 as one. During Ezra and Nehemiahs time (fifth century B.C. 1. 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 he understood of the last things; and solved the question concerning the prosperity of the unrighteous, and the sufferings of the righteous. 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. I will not fear . He was blogging and trying to find something to get a girl off his mind. In the house of God there is a never-ending festival: for there it is not an occasion celebrated once, and then to pass away. 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. 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! Arise, O Lord! 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. 6, HWV 251b, "As pants the Hart for cooling streams": As pants the hart for cooling streams, so longs my soul for thee O God (George Frideric Handel; lyrics based off of Tate and Brady) Psalm 42:1-2: When shall I come and appear before God? 334.]. 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. I will say unto God, You are my lifter up. Psalmist feels cut off from Gods presence in some way possibly in exile from Israel, possibly by illness. So cried our Head also, as if speaking in our name. Deep calls unto deep with the voice of your water-spouts Psalm 41:7. This is understandable since the same refrain occurs in both of them (cf. EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE) . 8. You may see not my flesh merely, but even my bones. Not mere bodily presence there, but that joyful outpouring of triumph and gladness, is the object of the psalmists longing. Esther 1 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Foolish. sermons and saints. 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. However, he came back to the same expression of confidence with which he ended the first stanza. The writer suffered at the hands of tormenting enemies. Perhaps there was something in there for you too. ), 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." 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." SUBJECT: Covetousness TITLE: The Rich Man and Lazarus Type: Expository. They who trouble me cast me in the teeth, while they say daily unto me, Where is your God? The absence of a title for the second, the identity of tone throughout, the recurrence of several phrases, and especially of the refrain, put this beyond doubt. Thus tremulous, timid, mobile, it is beautifully compared to a hind. He ends with naming Him "the gladness of my joy." In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. 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! 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.. This mans faith was not so dependent on externals that it could not come close to God while distant from His temple. 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. Apart from air, water our most basic need. Since no reason for the variation is discernible, and the proposed slight change of text improves construction and restores uniformity, it is probably to be adopted. Therefore it is from the land of Jordan I have remembered you, and from the hill; observe, not of the great hill, that you may make of the little hill a great one: for whoever exalts himself shall be abased, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted. The psalm falls into three parts, each closing with the same refrain. These outlines are eventually posted on this website. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. Hear what else there is in the hart. 17. When tribulation shall actually come, He will not leave you destitute of His help; He will show you that which He commended to you in the daytime is true. Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God. Oh, how crucial this is in the fight of faith. Psalms 42:5 has the refrain in a form slightly different from that of the other two instances of its occurrence. seeing that deep calls to deep, and after those sufferings severer ones are to be dreaded. Let there be no sloth in your running; run with all your might: long for the fountain with all your might. 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. This is a holiday of such a kind, as neither to be opened by any dawn, nor terminated by any evening. How much was this cast in the teeth of the Martyrs! PSALM 51:1-2. 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. Thus is it wisdom is learned, and thus faith, when man calls to man. Update: Here is my sermon on Psalm 6 (video and manuscript) 11-22. [Note: For the meaning of Maskil, see my note on Psalms 32.] He doesnt feel jubilant hope. In the midst of the tumult of emotions, were not always careful with our words. Why hope? : 42:2-6) The . Richard Sibbes, one of the great old Puritan preachers of Cambridge who died in 1635, wrote a whole book on Psalm 42:5. How does he solve it? 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. But yet, Why have You forgotten me? 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. Strip away allow God to strip away all the things that give us temporary satisfaction. Edited by Philip Schaff. Esther 5 - Mission Impossible. + Funeral Homilies 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). 1. silence is not always golden. And its shaped by thinking and feeling with God in the Psalms. 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. Hes not thirsting mainly for escape. Psalms 42 expresses the writers yearning for God. Psalm 42 - Honest Prayer from a Discouraged Saint This psalm is titled To the Chief Musician. It is better therefore to translate "hind" than "hart." For he compared these things in which he found himself, to those toward which he had been raised; and saw himself cast out far from the sight of God's eyes, as he speaks even here, Why have You rejected me? Why, when already longing for those things, have I been cast down to these, by the weight and burden of my iniquity? When disturbing things happen, when troubling words are said, when certain letters contain ugly words or extremely critical comments are read, the churning starts. Unnamed foes taunt the psalmist with the question, "Where is thy God?" DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 2 In Book 2, the titles identify David as the writer of 18 psalms (Psalms 51-65, 68-70). 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. Hes confirming his faith in the midst of turmoil and discouragement by remembering how real God was in corporate worship. Hermon means anathematizing. Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmist's prayer in response to the lament. So, let me invite you to take your copy of Gods Word and turn to Psalm 42. But When shall I come? refreshing waters from a high hill. At our very core we have a desire that only God can meet. Nevertheless he believed God would remain loyal to him. Psalm 41:9. Why sons of Korah? What abyss is this that calls, and to what other abyss? He prays now; he had only remembered and complained and said that he would pray before. Hope in God. 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. Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. The psalmist is far from the sanctuary, but distance does not hinder thought. Acts 4:25). 6. So, at the end of verse 7, he says, All Your breakers and Your waves have gone over me.. Esther TOP. 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. It may have been so, but the supposition is unnecessary. What we do at church is a real transaction with the living God. Verses 5 and 6 make clear that any strength the Psalmist will have does not reside in self, but in God. Without it we die. 18. The more numerous my sufferings, the sweeter will be Your mercy. Scripture ref: Luke 16:19-23. 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. 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. 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. I shall not want for nourishment, "He makes me to lie down in green pastures." 2. When the Rumors are Not True - Psalm 26. Wherefore so? It had been so far strengthened by the encouragement of the refrain that the reflux of sadness at once rouses it to action. For I will go into the place of Your wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God. Let this be allowed; and this meaning retain its place in the Church; a place both truthful and sanctioned by usage. That which does must be living. And we are told in answer, that it is some festival. If it is, the second part of the psalm is also conformed to the other two in regard to its not beginning with the Divine name. Again that voice! settled. Therefore follows: The Lord will commend His loving-kindness in the day-time; and in the night-time will He declare it Psalm 41:8. 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. Verses 12: As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. A new regime, new management, a new . 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. Grief which finds no fresh words is beginning to dry up. He may also have written those bearing the notation, "of the sons of Korah" (Psalms 42, 44-49). For there are already many things that I admire in the tabernacle. "As a deer longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for . 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. He affirms God's sovereign love. 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. It was a long way from Mount Zion where the ark dwelt in Davids day. What will you confess? The psalmist paints his calamities as storming on him in dismal continuity, each "flood" seeming to summon its successor. The first ten verses deal with thanksgiving and praise for deliverance. For I will go into the place of Your Tabernacle. PHILIP A. NORDELL, D. D., New London, Conn. In this penultimate volume of his series on preaching Christ from the Old Testament, Sidney Greidanus offers expert guidance for busy pastors on preaching Christ from Psalms. Psalm 27. putting God first. Verse 1 begins: "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, for His lovingkindness is everlasting." This phrase one of the most famous in the whole Bible. The locality thus designated is too far north for the scene of Davids retreat before Absalom, unless we give an unusual southward extension to the names; and this makes a difficulty in the way of accepting the hypothesis of the authors having been in his retinue. Can put forward good arguments for not believing in water or having any desire for it. The waves in what I already feel, the overhangings in that You denouncest. The "soul" is the seat of emotions and desires. Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. It is likely that he wrote these four as well, even though they do not bear his name (cf. We will be looking at this Psalm in three parts over the next three weeks. My soul is disquieted on account of myself Psalm 41:6. Deep calls on deep with the voice of Your water-spouts. I have within a victim to sacrifice; I have within an incense to place on the altar; I have within a sacrifice wherewith to propitiate my God. For I will confess unto Him. The plural "Hermons" is probably used in reference to the group of crests. God was not providing for his needs just then. So, he asks Why? Its a legitimate question. The serpents are your vices, destroy the serpents of iniquity; then will you long yet more for the Fountain of Truth. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99 1. This is not so yet, because the salvation which is promised, is not as yet in being; but it is in hope that I confess unto God, and say, My God is the saving health of my countenance. And then once more above this conflict of emotion soars the clear note of the refrain, summoning to self-command, calmness, and unfaltering hope. Who shall bring any charge against you as Gods elect? The prophet Ezekiel lived in a time when the people of Judah did not experience peace. "Korah, Asaph, Heman, and Ethan are all associated with the service and music of the sanctuary in Davids reign. Accept that we may need to make effort. 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