Psalms 42:3). 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. Neither abstractions nor dead things can still its cravings. 2 16 How to Prepare an Expository Sermon on [April, HOW TO PREPARE AN EXPOSITORY SERMON ON PSALMS XLII. If man then is an abyss, in what way does abyss call on abyss? 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. LEARNING TO DESIRE Scripture: Psalms 42:1-2 Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational Summary: THIRSTING FOR GOD THIRSTING FOR GOD (NLT) Psalm 42: 1-2 - As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 1 'The deer that rejects water.' Doesn't believe in it, doesn't long for it, or doesn't know they long for it. (2) Psalm 43 has no title for it. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (Heb. 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. What he is inwardly engaged on, what he is inwardly capable of, what he is inwardly doing or what purposing, what he is inwardly wishing to happen, or not to happen, who shall comprehend? The dry and thirsty land there and the rush of waters here mean the same thing, so flexible is nature in a poets hands. He could not obtain the refreshment he needed yet, but he looked forward to finding it soon. But even these bitter sarcasms are less bitter than the remembrance of "happier things," which is his "sorrows crown of sorrow." Water the key theme in the 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. All Your overhangings and Your waves have come upon me. The situation is described as in the preceding parts. For example, Isaac Watts wrote these verses to be sung: Thats not a jubilant song. [Note: See Swindoll, pp. I, so long as I do not see, so long as my happiness is postponed, make my tears my bread day and night. But yet, Why have You forgotten me? The serpents are your vices, destroy the serpents of iniquity; then will you long yet more for the Fountain of Truth. Perhaps there was something in there for you too. preaching the gospel. Whoever wrote it has given immortal form to the longings of the soul after God. A Psalm Of The Have-Nots (Audio) Download File. Expository sermons allow the preacher, rather, to bridge the gap between an ancient culture and our own to make appropriate applications to those who hear him. scenes of glory on a sea of gloom. In Praise Of The King And His City (Audio) Download File. 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. The superscription identifies the sons of Korah as the writers (or recipients) of this psalm. How could it happen? What will you confess? 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. Charles Spurgeon calls the first part a hymn and the second a sermon. the heights of Hermon from Mount Mizar. He doesnt feel jubilant hope. settled. 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. It was God whom he addressed, who remembered him from the land of Jordan and Hermon. The angelic choir makes an eternal holiday: the presence of God's face, joy that never fails. 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? Of that house he speaks in another Psalm, after he had put a certain abstruse and difficult question to himself (viz., why is it that it generally goes well with the wicked on earth, and ill with the good? To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. In this stanza the writer focused on his enemies rather than on God. Hear what else there is in the hart. It is the only psalm, of the 150 psalms, so labeled. When disturbing things happen, when troubling words are said, when certain letters contain ugly words or extremely critical comments are read, the churning starts. 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. God was not providing for his needs just then. 12. Apart from air, water our most basic need. And this, which is soon in the sight of God, is late to our longing. And why ask, who it is other than yourself, when it is in your power to be the thing which you are asking about? 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. I thought on these things, and poured out my soul above myself Psalm 41:4. 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. In verses 5 and 11, he calls God "my salvation and my God.". 6. 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. Esther 6 - Sleepless in Susa and Rain on the Parade. 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. Is it disquieted on account of God? I will say unto God, You are my lifter up; why have You forgotten me? A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. 2. The insufficiency of the circumstances described to warrant the vehement emotions expressed is implied in the summons. Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. Assuredly it is from your seeing me labouring, that you labour with me: for I am labouring not for myself, but for you. Water the key theme in the Psalm. AS THE DEER PANTS FOR STREAMS OF WATER. I shall not want for refreshment, "He leadeth me beside the still waters." 3. Edited by Philip Schaff. Nevertheless he believed God would remain loyal to him. 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. Expository Sermons The World's Greatest Undertaking - Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Parenting By The Book - Deuteronomy 6:1-9 The Faithful God - Deuteronomy 7:6-9 This Land Is Your Land - Deuteronomy 11:11-12 The Sacrifice Of Biblical Worship, Part 1 - Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Topical Sermons Back To Top Sermons From Joshua Expository Sermons God guides till we reach heaven - Psalm 73:24 C. God's guidance is by faith - Isaiah 42:16 3. 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. 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. + Funeral Homilies For there is some great mystery in the matter that the name sons of Korah is given to Christians. Streaks of brightness flash through the gloom. Again the psalmist encouraged himself with the rhetorical refrain (cf. In his sorrow he could still think of Him at intervals as the help of his countenance and call Him "my God." 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. Korah was a great-grandson of Levi who rebelled against Moses leadership (Numbers 16:1-2). Hope in God: for I will confess unto Him. 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." For what is there more profound than that abyss? 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. Understand that God may use suffering to refocus our deepest desires on Him. Without it we die. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . 16. So, the psalmist affirms Gods sovereign love for him in and through all the troubles. Some scholars believe David wrote these psalms for the sons of Korah to perform. In this that I suffer are all Your waves; in the severer punishment that Thou threatenest, all Your overhangings have come unto me. 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. No doubt the psalmist connected communion with God and presence in the Temple more closely together than they should do who have heard the great charter, "neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem"; but, however the two things were coupled in his mind, they were sufficiently separate to allow of approach by longing and prayer while distant in body, and the true object of yearning was not access to the Temple, but communion with the God of the Temple. The region intended seems to be "the northeastern corner of Palestine, near the lower slopes of Hermons" (Cheyne. 9 ). Psalms 42:5). And its shaped by thinking and feeling with God in the Psalms. 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. Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmist's prayer in response to the lament. The heading above verse one tells us that Psalm 100 is a psalm for giving thanks. Accept that we may need to make effort. It is the prerogative of faith to make pictures drawn by memory pale beside those painted by hope. It "pants" and "thirsts," is "cast down" and disquieted; it is "poured out"; it can be bidden to "hope." In Book 2, the titles identify David as the writer of 18 psalms (Psalms 51-65, 68-70). They are great ones, severe, hard to bear; but would they were all. 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. Where, I pray, is your God? He called his book The Souls Conflict with Itself, because in Psalm 42:5 thats exactly what you have; the soul arguing with itself, preaching to itself. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? It was in wonder and admiration he spoke this: Abyss calls unto abyss with the voice of Your water-spouts. To the contrary, it is uncomforted, miserable and unsatisfied. Emotion varies, but God is the same. My email address is feedback732 at newadvent.org. Because then God gives us all good things, because He Himself is good, not because we are worthy of it; because He is merciful, not because we have in anything deserved it; it is from the land of Jordan, and from Hermon, that I remember you. What is meant by like the hart? This morning, I want to quickly offer us (be me, specifically) some hope when dealing with discouragement. During Ezra and Nehemiahs time (fifth century B.C. Deep calls to deep with the voice of Your water-spouts. The type of deer that knows and recognises what thirst is. God means for these encounters with Him in corporate worship to preserve your faith now and in the way you remember them later. 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. The feminine soul has to give account of her moods to calmer judgment, and to be lifted and steadied by the strong spirit. The break in the clouds is but momentary, and the grey wrack fills the sky once more. Esther 3:7-15 - The First PLO. Thus tremulous, timid, mobile, it is beautifully compared to a hind. My brother! 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. From the little hill, and from the land of Jordan. Psalm 27. putting God first. They keep him from capsizing in the tumult of his emotions. It is better therefore to translate "hind" than "hart." Romans8:24-25. 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. 17. The deer will die. PROPOSITION: In this sermon we see an 1) unrealized cure, 2) unabashed command, 3) unjustified criticism, 4) unapologetic confirmation. 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. A second purpose is that you want to leave something lasting in the minds of the congregation when a sermon is over. Can think of it as a combination of our body, mind and emotions. These loveless people are not further defined, and may either have been Israelites or aliens. RELATING TO THE PSALM Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Psalm 127. 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. 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." Devil; Wraps chains around the chained (3.) 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. For it is written in a certain passage, The mercy of the Lord is seasonable in the time of affliction, as clouds of rain in the time of drought. 2 Wash away my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin. Dont compromise! For in tribulation every one must be profited by what he heard in the time of security. 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 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. 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. Hebrew word doesnt mean spirit but a persons life; who and what we really are. Nature reflects the poets moods, and overmastering emotion sees its own analogues everywhere. 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