Does man call on man as God is called upon? For it is there, in the sanctuary of God, in the house of God, is the fountain of understanding. 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. 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. Objectives: That each would understand the events that occurred at the pool of Bethesda and learn the lessons of appropriate compassion and sinful apathy. To what mortal's lot has it fallen? 5) Finally, at the Areopagus in Athens (Acts 17:22-34), Paul exposes the gathered worshipers as being ignorant of . May the Lord increase our hunger and our thirst to see the face of God. Translated by J.E. Fourth, the psalmist preaches to his own soul. 3. 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. 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. 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. DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 2 And we are told in answer, that it is some festival. She lays up in summer what will be useful to her in winter. He then forwarded these photos to several university e-mail lists. 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. "As a deer longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for . The angelic choir makes an eternal holiday: the presence of God's face, joy that never fails. 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. Psalms 42:5 has the refrain in a form slightly different from that of the other two instances of its occurrence. 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. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series. 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. 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. 15. 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. God was not providing for his needs just then. St. Paul had a blinding revelation on the road to Damascus, an encounter with the risen Lord Jesus that turned his life completely topsy-turvy and started him on a perilous road that would take him all over .read more Scripture: Philippians 1:18-26, Psalm 42:2-5, Luke 14:1-11 Denomination: Catholic Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Psalm 127. Neither abstractions nor dead things can still its cravings. Learnt to live with disappointment and disillusionment., DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 4 Perhaps avarice whispers in your ear some dark counsel, hisses against the word of God, hisses against the commandment of God. How could it happen? Why, when already longing for those things, have I been cast down to these, by the weight and burden of my iniquity? The psalmist paints his calamities as storming on him in dismal continuity, each "flood" seeming to summon its successor. A. Edited by Philip Schaff. Thus one might think of this book as "the book of Elohim.". Whoever wrote it has given immortal form to the longings of the soul after God. Let this be allowed; and this meaning retain its place in the Church; a place both truthful and sanctioned by usage. The Wedding Psalm (Audio) Download File. So, at the end of verse 7, he says, All Your breakers and Your waves have gone over me.. 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. There is with me prayer to the God of my life. Why sons of Korah? When the Rumors are Not True - Psalm 26. 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. Once more, too, the higher self repeats its half-rebuke, half-encouragement. When shall I come and appear before God? Psalm 41:11. 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." 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. 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? Why, that the wicked, when reprieved here, are reserved for punishments without end; and the good when they suffer here, are being tried in order that they may in the end obtain the inheritance. Hermon means anathematizing. It is my God that is the saving health of my countenance. HAVE MERCY ON ME, GOD. Apart from air, water our most basic need. For it is in hope that we are saved; but hope that is seen, is not hope. 11. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . But more important than any of that is God Himself. 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. What is meant by like the hart? 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). Lecture 1: Expository Preaching of the Psalms - Dr. Steven Lawson The Master's Seminary 104K subscribers Subscribe 598 Share Save 45K views 10 years ago TMS Archives: Expository Preaching. Accept that we may need to make effort. 428.] Hope in God. Last week's psalm was an unusually long one for the Psalm of Ascents, but this week we are back to a short psalm. 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. When spiritually dry, we who are believers should remind ourselves that God is sufficient for all our needs. 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 have now had the perception of something that is unchangeable; why do you disquiet me still? So rather than prepare a sermon, I simply wrote a letter. WHATS THE PSALM ABOUT? Emotion varies, but God is the same. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. 6. It's as if the writer is saying, "If you want to know how to thank God, let . Perhaps from Baptism, where the remission of sins is given. It suggests that the psalmists faith will bridge over the interval between himself and the sanctuary: I can send my thoughts to Thee from the distant frontier" (in loc.). A. MATTHEW HENRY Psalm 42 Commentary WILLIAM HESLOP Psalms 40-49 Sermon Seeds from the Psalms WILLIAM HOLWICK Psalm 42:1-11 When You Are Really Down (see OT > Psalms) HOMILETICS - Pulpit Commentary Multiple Homilies GEORGE HORNE Psalm 42 Commentary JAMIESON, F, B Psalm 42 Commentary KEIL AND DELITZSCH Psalm 42 Commentary A F KIRKPATRICK Contact information. He began with yearning after the living God. A second purpose is that you want to leave something lasting in the minds of the congregation when a sermon is over. There are at least three reasons why we can assume psalms 42 and 43 were originally joined together. 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. For an abyss is a depth that cannot be reached or comprehended; and it is principally applied to a great body of water. 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. Thats what hes seeking jubilant hope. Second, in the midst of his discouragement, he affirms God's sovereign love for him. The story of David, Bathsheba, and Uriah is found in 2 Samuel 11-12. He could not obtain the refreshment he needed yet, but he looked forward to finding it soon. Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. But inasmuch as You sit at liberty, I have thus spoken unto my soul. 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? I know that the righteousness of God remains; whether my own will remain steadfast, I know not. The psalmists lamentation because of his enemies 42:6-11. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. Psalm 41:10. 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. Oh, how much could be said here about the importance of corporate worship in our lives. 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. Rather than drinking from God, he had to drink the water of his own tears. I may perhaps finish the Psalm, aided as I am by your attention, whose fervour I perceive. 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. Psalm 42 and 43 almost certainly originally a single Psalm. Whither then shall I go from Your presence? I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. So thats a sermon for me, today. Has learnt to put up with less. 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. Faithbook (Psalm 133) On October 28, 2003, a Harvard student by the name of Mark Zuckerberg was bored. Beginning with a general introduction on how pastors can interpret and preach from the biblical psalms and why they should Greidanus proceeds by discussing twenty-two psalms in the Revised Common Lectionary, Year . 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. There he understood of the last things; and solved the question concerning the prosperity of the unrighteous, and the sufferings of the righteous. For example, Isaac Watts wrote these verses to be sung: Thats not a jubilant song. But When shall I come? This psalm is the fourth and last psalm in the Psalms of Ascent that is attributed to King David. And because he has the Lord for his shepherd, he does not lack anything he needs. u.s.). What should I say, but. In this Psalm David, who is himself a shepherd, describes the LORD as his own personal shepherd. Perhaps the singer had seen, during his exile on the eastern side of Jordan, some gentle creature, with open mouth and heaving flanks, eagerly seeking in dry wadies for a drop of water to cool her outstretched tongue; and the sight had struck on his heart as an image of himself longing for the presence of God in the sanctuary. The first ten verses deal with thanksgiving and praise for deliverance. 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. 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. All unrest of longing, all fever of thirst, all outgoings of desire, are feelers put out blindly, and are only stilled when they clasp Him. More deceptive is when weve tried to get our deepest desires met by things that are of themselves good: for example, relationships, careers, serving others. Light and Troth-i.e., Lovingkindness and Faithfulness in fulfilling promises-are like two angels, despatched from the presence-chamber of God, to guide with gentleness the exiles steps. Korah was a great-grandson of Levi who rebelled against Moses leadership (Numbers 16:1-2). Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? The word forgotten is an overstatement. Is it disquieted on account of God? [Note: Bullock, p. 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. Esther TOP. (Psalm 42:2-4) Maclaren notes, "The whole psalm reads like the sob of a wounded heart." What was its cause? EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE) . The psalmist was thirsty for God. This is not simply engaging in nostalgia. 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. 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 . 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. 4. Without it we die. inasmuch as he points with his finger to some stone, and says, Lo, there is my God! They who trouble me cast me in the teeth. Each of us must walk in the light we have. The form of the verbs "remember" and "pour out" in Psalms 42:4 indicates set purpose. He was called the sweet dropper because of how much confidence and joy his sermons caused. 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? And it was in the sanctuary of God that he understood this, and understood of the last things.For he tells us of his progress, and of his guidance there; as if we had been saying, You are admiring the tabernacle here on earth; how came you to the sanctuary of the house of God? 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. When David came to the throne, one of his first thoughts was how he could show mercy to the household of his adversary Saul ( 2 Sam. 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. Dont take these times together lightly. In tribulation no man has leisure to hear: attend, when it is well with you; hear, when it is well with you; learn, when you are in tranquillity, the discipline of wisdom, and store up the word of God as you do food. I thirst for God, the living God. 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. They rush upon him, multitudinous and close following; they pour down on him as with the thunder of descending cataracts; they overwhelm him like the breakers and rollers of an angry ocean. The serpents are your vices, destroy the serpents of iniquity; then will you long yet more for the Fountain of Truth. 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. Hope thou in God; for I will yet confess unto Him Psalm 41:11. My brother! Romans8:24-25. This it is for which I am thirsty, to come and to appear before Him. In this that I suffer are all Your waves; in the severer punishment that Thou threatenest, all Your overhangings have come unto me. 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. If even it has been the lot of any, that very calm is more to be dreaded. BOOK 2: CHS. PROPOSITION: In this sermon we see an 1) unrealized cure, 2) unabashed command, 3) unjustified criticism, 4) unapologetic confirmation. 42-72 In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. It is the only psalm, of the 150 psalms, so labeled. The sons of Korah (cf. Who shall separate you from the love of Christ? (Romans 8:3135 paraphrased), Fifth, the psalmist remembers. But perhaps Scripture meant us to consider in the stag not this point only, but another also. restoring the joy. I will go, he says, into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God! 334.]. Perhaps there was one "man" of special mischief prominent among them, but it is not safe to treat that expression as anything but a collective. 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. Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co.. Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. While they say daily unto me, Where is your God? They are sons of the bridegroom, sons of Christ. Wherefore so? Psalmist feels cut off from Gods presence in some way possibly in exile from Israel, possibly by illness. How much was this cast in the teeth of the Martyrs! We will be looking at this Psalm in three parts over the next three weeks. In building the Lord's house. 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. 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. 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