Psalm 42 - "The Yearning of the Exiled, Despairing Soul for Fellowship in God's Presence" Psalm 43 - "The Psalmist's Plea to Rescue Him from Exile and Take Him to Jerusalem to Worship" (Psalm 42 and Psalm 43 are one psalm in the Hebrew text, although the numbering system remains the same.) 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. It is not however one individual, but it is One Body; but Christ's Body is the Church. Assuredly it is from your seeing me labouring, that you labour with me: for I am labouring not for myself, but for you. 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. sing unto the . 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. 42-72 In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. Not mere bodily presence there, but that joyful outpouring of triumph and gladness, is the object of the psalmists longing. It is sometimes right to pray for the defeat of enemies. Neither abstractions nor dead things can still its cravings. I think an abyss may not unreasonably be understood of man, of whom it is said elsewhere, Man shall come to a deep heart, and God shall be exalted. So cried our Head also, as if speaking in our name. 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. They retained the former office in the second Temple. It is better therefore to translate "hind" than "hart." The dry and thirsty land there and the rush of waters here mean the same thing, so flexible is nature in a poets hands. There is great similarity between the content of these psalms and the ones David wrote. 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. She lays up in summer what will be useful to her in winter. It is the only psalm, of the 150 psalms, so labeled. Whoever wrote it has given immortal form to the longings of the soul after God. Others believe the sons of Korah composed them. "Korah, Asaph, Heman, and Ethan are all associated with the service and music of the sanctuary in Davids reign. 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. For I will go into the place of Your wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God. Some scholars believe David wrote these psalms for the sons of Korah to perform. 3. But his truer self silences these lamentations, and cheers the feebler "soul" with clear notes of trust and hope, blown in the refrain, like some trumpet clang rallying dispirited fugitives to the fight. Two-person skit: the chained, the Devil (2.) In this Psalm David, who is himself a shepherd, describes the LORD as his own personal shepherd. The true counterpoise to its excess lies in directing it to God and in making Him the object of hope and patient waiting. He never loses this grip on the great truths about God. Servanthood What does it mean to be a servant of Christ. But the curb has not been applied quite in vain, for throughout the succeeding verses there is a striking alternation of despondency and hope. 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. The heading above verse one tells us that Psalm 100 is a psalm for giving thanks. 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. The region intended seems to be "the northeastern corner of Palestine, near the lower slopes of Hermons" (Cheyne. The sons of Korah (cf. running for God. Would you have me not disquiet you, panting as I am after what is good, thirsting and labouring as I am for it? So ends the first of the psalms; but obviously it is no real ending, for the victory over fear is not won, and longing has not become blessed. 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. Spiritual Depression - Psalm 42-43. Without it we die. 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. Perhaps because expository sermons take much diligence and study, many preachers look for an easier way. For just as worldly prosperity is signified by the day, adversity by the night, so again in another way worldly prosperity is expressed by the summer, adversity by the winter. I will say unto God, You are my lifter up. Individual rather than corporate. 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. 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. Oh, how much could be said here about the importance of corporate worship in our lives. John 4:14). Scripture ref: Luke 16:19-23. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. 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. When shall I come and appear before God? It had been so far strengthened by the encouragement of the refrain that the reflux of sadness at once rouses it to action. Let Him deliver you, if He can. 1-10 and (2) vv. Faithbook (Psalm 133) On October 28, 2003, a Harvard student by the name of Mark Zuckerberg was bored. 1 As the deer pants for streams of water. 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. Romans8:24-25. He calls past experiences to mind. 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. When can I go and stand before him? You see, hoping in God doesnt come naturally for sinners like us. For if a Pagan should say this to me, I cannot retort it upon him, saying, Where is yours? When would my soul attain to that object of its search, which is above my soul, if my soul were not to pour itself out above itself? When disturbing things happen, when troubling words are said, when certain letters contain ugly words or extremely critical comments are read, the churning starts. 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. He has found something to point out to the eyes of the flesh; whereas I, on my part, not that I have not a God to show to him, cannot show him what he has no eyes to see. The psalmist is far from the sanctuary, but distance does not hinder thought. Nevertheless he believed God would remain loyal to him. My God is the saving health of my countenance. I thought on these things, and poured out my soul above myself Psalm 41:4. What will you confess? Hes confirming his faith in the midst of turmoil and discouragement by remembering how real God was in corporate worship. And whither shall I flee from Your Spirit? For we find in the hart an emblem of swiftness. However, he came back to the same expression of confidence with which he ended the first stanza. My God is the saving health of my countenance. Psalms 43, 66, 67, , 71 are anonymous. Follow along with me as I read Psalm 42: To the choirmaster. The certainty of return to the Temple overbears the pain of absence from it, and the vivid realisation of the gladness of worshipping again at the altar takes the place of the vivid remembrance of former festal approach thither. Now Korah may have been, as indeed he was, a certain definite person; and have had sons, who might be called the sons of Korah; let us however search for the secret of which this is the sacrament, that this name may bring to light the mystery with which it is pregnant. The psalmists lamentation because of his enemies 42:6-11. A quick reading of this Psalm suggests there are two divisions: (1) vv. Psalms 42:10 repeats the enemies taunt, which is there represented as like crushing blows which broke the bones. 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. The prophet Ezekiel lived in a time when the people of Judah did not experience peace. AS THE DEER PANTS FOR STREAMS OF WATER. What we do at church is a real transaction with the living God. Has learnt to make do with occasional puddles. In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Water the key theme in the Psalm. Nature reflects the poets moods, and overmastering emotion sees its own analogues everywhere. This morning, I want us to take just a few minutes to consider Psalm 42. But inasmuch as You sit at liberty, I have thus spoken unto my soul. inasmuch as he points with his finger to some stone, and says, Lo, there is my God! What abyss is this that calls, and to what other abyss? 18. Psalm 42:2. Chained " whoooa is me I'm miserable " (5.) The Jordan Valley is quite wide north of this sea and the mountains of Hermon rise up to the east from it. Again the psalmist encouraged himself with the rhetorical refrain (cf. revive us again. Source. The Lord has commended His loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night-time will He declare it.There is with me prayer unto the God of my life. And, as it seems to answer, Would you not have me disquiet you, placed as I am here in so great evils? A similar bit of local colour is generally recognised in Psalms 42:7. let me put two sayings of Scripture side by side, 'My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God,'-'Father Abraham! It was God whom he addressed, who remembered him from the land of Jordan and Hermon. Feel guilty about feeling cut-off. While they say daily unto me, Where is your God? What then is the abyss that calls, and to what other abyss does it call? Devil "I've got his .read more Scripture: Psalm 42:1-2 The story of David, Bathsheba, and Uriah is found in 2 Samuel 11-12. Richard Sibbes, one of the great old Puritan preachers of Cambridge who died in 1635, wrote a whole book on Psalm 42:5. And this, which is soon in the sight of God, is late to our longing. Asaph wrote Psalms 50, and Solomon composed Psalms 72. He just said in verse 8, By day the Lord commands His steadfast love, and at night His song is with me.. 1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. He Sings Again, verse 8: "By day the Lord commands His steadfast love, and at night His song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life." This is not a song of jubilant hope. I. He was blogging and trying to find something to get a girl off his mind. 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? His situation and mood closely resemble those in another Korachite psalm (Psalms 84:1-12), in which, as here, the soul "faints for the courts of the Lord," and as here the panting hind, so there the glancing swallows flitting about the eaves are woven into the song. When Life Gets Slippery - Psalm 73. 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. 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. May the Lord increase our hunger and our thirst to see the face of God. The deer that rejects water. Doesnt believe in it, doesnt long for it, or doesnt know they long for it. 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. I know this is a given but prayer prepares the preacher's heart for the studying of God's word (1 Peter 2:1-2) and it prepares the preacher's mind to receive clarity and insight into God's word (Psalm 119:18). For whosoever of the body of Christ considers this, does he not exclaim, with the voice of Christ's Body, Why have You rejected me? Why go I mourning, while mine enemy troubles me, while he breaks my bones? I will not fear . 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. It is useless to speculate on its origin. All my sufferings are Your waves; all Your denouncements of judgments are Your overhangings. The more numerous my sufferings, the sweeter will be Your mercy. These loveless people are not further defined, and may either have been Israelites or aliens. For it is there is the house of my God. [Note: VanGemeren, p. 2 Wash away my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin. That lovely metaphor has touched the common heart as few have done, and the solitary singers plaint has fitted all devout lips. 4. In the daytime the Lord would pour out His love to the psalmist, and in the night he would respond by praising God. It is ourselves, if we be but willing! REKINDLE YOUR PASSION (PSALMS 42:1-2 ) INTRO: SKIT: SATAN GOT YOUR JOY AND PASSION (1.) I shall not want for nourishment, "He makes me to lie down in green pastures." 2. Hope in God. For there is a depth, a profound, the bottom of which cannot be reached by sounding. 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. Grief which finds no fresh words is beginning to dry up. Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God. Oh, how crucial this is in the fight of faith. All of the psalms in Book 2 have a title assigned to them except psalm 43, making it more likely that it . The actual author, as one of a band of kinsmen who worked and sang together, would, not unnaturally, be content to sink his individuality and let his song go forth as that of the band. He was a captive in Babylonia and preached to the exiles about the fall of Jerusalem, and after having heard. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. There is another point to be observed in the hart. A new regime, new management, a new . This man was cut off from worship of the living God. In reference to the description of the psalmists locality, Cheyne beautifully says, "The preposition from is chosen (rather than in) with a subtle purpose. So bloated with other things hasnt got space for water., DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 3 How much was this cast in the teeth of the Martyrs! Why, when already longing for those things, have I been cast down to these, by the weight and burden of my iniquity? Youve learned deeply that its no relief to say that God does not rule the wind and the waves. He could not obtain the refreshment he needed yet, but he looked forward to finding it soon. I may perhaps finish the Psalm, aided as I am by your attention, whose fervour I perceive. And because he so remembers with humility, he shall earn his exaltation to fruition, for he is not exalted in himself, who glories in the Lord. Expository Songs Psalm 42:1-2: Chandos Anthem No. That I may behold (he says) the beauty of the Lord. What is going on here? Perhaps there was something in there for you too. We must learn to preach the truth to ourselves. And then once more above this conflict of emotion soars the clear note of the refrain, summoning to self-command, calmness, and unfaltering hope. Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:11; Psalms 43:5). I, who tremble all over, when my soul was disquieted on account of myself, feared greatly on account of Your judgments.Are those judgments slight ones? Anathematize yourself, by being displeased with yourself; for if you are pleased with yourself, God will be displeased with you. Update: Here is my sermon on Psalm 6 (video and manuscript) sheep dogs. 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? For an abyss is a depth that cannot be reached or comprehended; and it is principally applied to a great body of water. But the gloomier mood has shot its last bolt. refreshing waters from a high hill. Hermon means anathematizing. Devil; Wraps chains around the chained (3.) Hear what else there is in the hart. 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. Emotion varies, but God is the same. 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. Why have You rejected me? He began with yearning after the living God. God means for these encounters with Him in corporate worship to preserve your faith now and in the way you remember them later. Esther 2:19-3:6 - Doing Good But Getting Punished. 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. Perhaps from Baptism, where the remission of sins is given. Why then does Korah stand for Christ? It is a faith that has uncertainty in it; it is tinged by shades of doubt. Yet we must even now take notice of this title in such a way, that what we have said already should be no prejudice against our saying it again: for all were not present in every place where we said it. 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 . 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. Some ancient Hebrew manuscripts united Psalms 42, 43 as one. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. The writer viewed his troubles like waves cascading down on him, as if he were standing under a waterfall. At our very core we have a desire that only God can meet. Injustice is done it, if it is regarded merely as the longing of a Levite for approach to the sanctuary. Whither then shall I go from Your presence? 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. Those men so patient and courageous for the name of Christ, how often was it said to them, Where is your God? The psalmist encouraged himself rhetorically by reminding himself that he would again praise God. Hes not thirsting mainly for escape. Perhaps avarice whispers in your ear some dark counsel, hisses against the word of God, hisses against the commandment of God. Indeed the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. (John 4:14.). 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. My brother! The epithet answers to that of the former part, "the living God," from which it differs by but one additional letter. The deer will die. He doesnt feel jubilant hope. From the little hill, and from the land of Jordan. 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. P. J. Tibayan. he says, In the voice of joy and praise; the sound of keeping holiday. 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