That lovely metaphor has touched the common heart as few have done, and the solitary singers plaint has fitted all devout lips. The first ten verses deal with thanksgiving and praise for deliverance. The feminine soul has to give account of her moods to calmer judgment, and to be lifted and steadied by the strong spirit. My God is the saving health of my countenance. Each of us must walk in the light we have. Verses 1-11 II. 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. What should I say, but. The difference between the devout and the worldly man is just that the one can only say, "My soul pants and thirsts," and the other can add "after Thee, O God." It is not however one individual, but it is One Body; but Christ's Body is the Church. 2. The deer will die. The true object of its longings is always God, however little it knows for what it is thirsting. For men saw their torments outwardly; they did not inwardly behold their crowns! How much was this cast in the teeth of the Martyrs! Whoever begins as he did will finish where he climbed. send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.' . 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. The actual return to the Temple is desired because thereby new praise will be occasioned. He designed us that way. He could not obtain the refreshment he needed yet, but he looked forward to finding it soon. 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 is a holiday of such a kind, as neither to be opened by any dawn, nor terminated by any evening. Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. Richard Sibbes, one of the great old Puritan preachers of Cambridge who died in 1635, wrote a whole book on Psalm 42:5. Charles Spurgeon calls the first part a hymn and the second a sermon. They who trouble me cast me in the teeth, while they say daily unto me, Where is your God? Hope thou in God; for I will yet confess unto Him Psalm 41:11. Objectives: That each would understand the events that occurred at the pool of Bethesda and learn the lessons of appropriate compassion and sinful apathy. 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. Hope in God: for I will confess unto Him. 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. He remembers past corporate worship experiences. Psalm 27. putting God first. Hope in God. During Ezra and Nehemiahs time (fifth century B.C. Last week's psalm was an unusually long one for the Psalm of Ascents, but this week we are back to a short psalm. Naturally this transition strophe is marked by the mingling of both. 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. In this stanza the writer focused on his enemies rather than on God. Mistaking the desire for religion and religious practices for a desire for God. 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 heights of Hermon from Mount Mizar. LEARNING TO DESIRE He began with yearning after the living God. 1. Nevertheless he believed God would remain loyal to him. Devil" I've got it I've stolen his JOY" (4.) Chained " whoooa is me I'm miserable " (5.) Methods devised to proclaim gospel. [Note: See Swindoll, pp. At our very core we have a desire that only God can meet. For I will confess unto Him. And since it is said to you, Disregard this or that thing, if you prefer working iniquity to despising some temporal good, you choose to be bitten by a serpent, rather than destroy it. In the daytime the Lord would pour out His love to the psalmist, and in the night he would respond by praising God. 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. 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. Tries to ignore thirst. For there are already many things that I admire in the tabernacle. Esther 5 - Mission Impossible. So cried our Head also, as if speaking in our name. It may have been so, but the supposition is unnecessary. silence is not always golden. Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co.. Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. Who is to condemn? Those men so patient and courageous for the name of Christ, how often was it said to them, Where is your God? Therefore we are warned to be like the ant. [Note: For the meaning of Maskil, see my note on Psalms 32.] 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! While they say daily unto me, Where is your God? P. J. Tibayan. PROPOSITION: To study the story of the rich man and Lazarus and notice: 1) The characters, 2) The circumstances, 3) The cries of the rich man, 4) The conclusions of the story. 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 prophet Ezekiel lived in a time when the people of Judah did not experience peace. The epithet answers to that of the former part, "the living God," from which it differs by but one additional letter. Here goes. There he understood of the last things; and solved the question concerning the prosperity of the unrighteous, and the sufferings of the righteous. For in tribulation every one must be profited by what he heard in the time of security. He never loses this grip on the great truths about God. I will say unto God, You are my lifter up. The shifting of the initial word of Psalms 42:6 to the end of Psalms 42:5, and the substitution of My for His, bring the three refrains into line, and avoid the harsh expression "help of His countenance." It was in wonder and admiration he spoke this: Abyss calls unto abyss with the voice of Your water-spouts. But inasmuch as You sit at liberty, I have thus spoken unto my soul. The enemy is called a "loveless nation." He compared the noise of the waves to his troubles, that he personified as calling to one another to come and overwhelm him. 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. Who shall separate you from the love of Christ? (Romans 8:3135 paraphrased), Fifth, the psalmist remembers. We will be looking at this Psalm in three parts over the next three weeks. Let there be no sloth in your running; run with all your might: long for the fountain with all your might. But the curb has not been applied quite in vain, for throughout the succeeding verses there is a striking alternation of despondency and hope. Why then does Korah stand for Christ? Psalms 42:10 repeats the enemies taunt, which is there represented as like crushing blows which broke the bones. For it is there is the house of my God. How could it happen? AS THE DEER PANTS FOR STREAMS OF WATER. 15. And it is principally in the temptations of the Church they say this, Where is your God? 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. (Doesnt mean they are bad. My tears (he says) have been not bitterness, but my bread. For having but the first-fruits of the Spirit, we groan within ourselves; waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of the body. When disturbing things happen, when troubling words are said, when certain letters contain ugly words or extremely critical comments are read, the churning starts. He longed for God, whom he confidently expected to be able to praise in the future when the Lord would deliver him. What then is the abyss that calls, and to what other abyss does it call? Whoever wrote it has given immortal form to the longings of the soul after God. And may He grant our desire through the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. But perhaps Scripture meant us to consider in the stag not this point only, but another also. Apr 24, 2020. 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. RELATING TO THE PSALM The more numerous my sufferings, the sweeter will be Your mercy. The psalmist's longing for God 42:1-5 The writer suffered at the hands of tormenting enemies. The psalmist paints his calamities as storming on him in dismal continuity, each "flood" seeming to summon its successor. And, as it seems to answer, Would you not have me disquiet you, placed as I am here in so great evils? In building the Lord's house. 12. 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. she must be up to something. I shall not want for refreshment, "He leadeth me beside the still waters." 3. And why ask, who it is other than yourself, when it is in your power to be the thing which you are asking about? Again that voice! u.s.). 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. My email address is feedback732 at newadvent.org. 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. Let then my insulting enemies now say, Where is your God? It is sometimes right to pray for the defeat of enemies. When Fear Grips Your Life - Psalm 27. Assuredly it is from your seeing me labouring, that you labour with me: for I am labouring not for myself, but for you. Why sons of Korah? (To help fight spam, this address might change occasionally.) See how great wonders I admire in the tabernacle! 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. 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. 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.. 1-10 and (2) vv. 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. Indeed the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. (John 4:14.). 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. Korah was a great-grandson of Levi who rebelled against Moses leadership (Numbers 16:1-2). 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. 3. 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. So the higher mood conquers at last, and breaks into a burst of joyous petition, which passes swiftly into realisation of the future joys whose coming shines thus far off. 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. So, let me invite you to take your copy of Gods Word and turn to Psalm 42. 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. Once more, too, the higher self repeats its half-rebuke, half-encouragement. The separation, however, is old, since it is found in the LXX. Finally, the psalmist thirsts for God like a deer pants for the stream. The refrain is repeated for a third time, and is followed by no relapse into sadness. Both psalms are individual laments. 7. Sharing the love of God with the English speaking community of Calpe, SELECTED PSALMS FOR SUMMER The Lord has commended His loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night will He declare it. 17. 1. This remembrance will encourage us to continue to trust Him while we go through temporarily distressing periods. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. Were probably alert to the fragile desire for things. I will say unto God, You are my lifter up; why have You forgotten me? It is my God that is the saving health of my countenance. What we do at church is a real transaction with the living God. John 4:14). So, he asks Why? Its a legitimate question. With wise resolve he finds in dejection a reason for nestling closer to God. Apart from air, water our most basic need. Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:11; Psalms 43:5). Youve learned deeply that its no relief to say that God does not rule the wind and the waves. For we find in the hart an emblem of swiftness. For there is a depth, a profound, the bottom of which cannot be reached by sounding. And he knows it. 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? 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. THE second book of the Psalter is characterised by the use of the Divine name "Elohim" instead of "Jehovah." Deep calls to deep with the voice of Your water-spouts, in that Thou threatenest, You say, that there is another condemnation in store even after those sufferings. He was called the sweet dropper because of how much confidence and joy his sermons caused. He was a captive in Babylonia and preached to the exiles about the fall of Jerusalem, and after having heard. But You are trying me, and I know that Thou dost but put off, not take utterly from me, what You have promised me. They who trouble me cast me in the teeth. So, the psalmist affirms God's sovereign love for him in and through all the troubles. So thats a sermon for me, today. She lays up in summer what will be useful to her in winter. It would be good if all of us were so composed and careful in the expression of our discouragements that we never said anything amiss. In other words, all his crashing and tumultuous and oppressing and discouraging circumstances are the waves of God. Translated by J.E. That is to say, because God is mercy and faithfulness, the return of the psalmist to the home of his heart is sure. Thats what hes seeking jubilant hope. For it is there, in the sanctuary of God, in the house of God, is the fountain of understanding. Esther 2:1-18 - The Best Beauty Pageant Ever. 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. Run to the fountain; long for the fountain; but do it not anyhow, be not satisfied with running like any ordinary animal; run thou like the hart. And whither shall I flee from Your Spirit? Esther 1 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Foolish. And its shaped by thinking and feeling with God in the Psalms. Again the psalmist encouraged himself with the rhetorical refrain (cf. Unnamed foes taunt the psalmist with the question, "Where is thy God?" When away from the stream makes it a priority to rediscover it.. The psalmist encouraged himself rhetorically by reminding himself that he would again praise God. Not many of us can compose songs when were discouraged and weeping day and night. 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. Expository Songs Psalm 42:1-2: Chandos Anthem No. Let them still say, Where is your God? Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmist's prayer in response to the lament. 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? seeing that deep calls to deep, and after those sufferings severer ones are to be dreaded. No, but calls on is equivalent to calls to him. This morning, I want us to take just a few minutes to consider Psalm 42. Mountain Hill Church, All rights reserved, Website Created by Digital Design Solutions, New Life in the Spirit (Part 1) Romans 8:1-17. Thus one might think of this book as "the book of Elohim.". Unless you become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. (Matt 18:3.) Hes not thirsting mainly for escape. Look at programs man has instituted to build the churches. 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. The true counterpoise to its excess lies in directing it to God and in making Him the object of hope and patient waiting. As water from a brook sustains a deer physically, so God Himself sustains people spiritually (cf. (vv. God being what He is, no longing soul can ever remain unsatisfied. Psalmist feels cut off from Gods presence in some way possibly in exile from Israel, possibly by illness. This morning, I want to quickly offer us (be me, specifically) some hope when dealing with discouragement. Verses 5 and 6 make clear that any strength the Psalmist will have does not reside in self, but in God. This it is for which I am thirsty, to come and to appear before Him. 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? But yet, Why have You forgotten me? 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. Start With Prayer. The psalmists lamentation because of his enemies 42:6-11. Psalm 41:9. He does not show that He is your Helper, unless tribulation come, from whence you must be rescued by Him who promised it to you in the day-time. Faith may have a long struggle with fear, but it will have the last word, and that word will be "the help of my countenance and my God. It is not a question asked for enlightenments sake but is an exclamation of impatience, if not of rebuke. 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? It had been so far strengthened by the encouragement of the refrain that the reflux of sadness at once rouses it to action. 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. So once more the wave of emotion rolls over the psalmist, but with a new aspect which makes all the difference. Psalm 41:5. Deep calls unto deep with the voice of your water-spouts Psalm 41:7. 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. Let this be allowed; and this meaning retain its place in the Church; a place both truthful and sanctioned by usage. 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. 2. 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. [Note: VanGemeren, p. How do you do that pastor?, Listen, self: If God is for you, who can be against you? However, he came back to the same expression of confidence with which he ended the first stanza. I hope it speaks for you in this time of remembering. 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. Others believe the sons of Korah composed them. 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. 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. 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