+ Funeral Homilies If even it has been the lot of any, that very calm is more to be dreaded. 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. Rejected me, that is to say, from that height of the apprehension of the unchangeable Truth. All Your overhangings and Your waves have come upon me. That is the worlds way with the calamities of a devout man, whose humble cry, "My God," it resents as presumption or hypocrisy. Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God. Oh, how crucial this is in the fight of faith. 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. No, but calls on is equivalent to calls to him. 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 Jordan Valley is quite wide north of this sea and the mountains of Hermon rise up to the east from it. It is the only psalm, of the 150 psalms, so labeled. 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. WHATS THE PSALM ABOUT? For I will go into the place of Your wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God. My tears (he says) have been not bitterness, but my bread. Look at programs man has instituted to build the churches. 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. I shall not want for nourishment, "He makes me to lie down in green pastures." 2. 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. 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. My email address is feedback732 at newadvent.org. Let them still say, Where is your God? 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. Apr 24, 2020. "Gods continual love is a comfort for the soul continually beset by questions and mourning (cf. But You are trying me, and I know that Thou dost but put off, not take utterly from me, what You have promised me. Are they not a kind of harts that the Apostle addresses, saying, Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the Law of Christ? Esther 2:19-3:6 - Doing Good But Getting Punished. Injustice is done it, if it is regarded merely as the longing of a Levite for approach to the sanctuary. Perhaps from Baptism, where the remission of sins is given. Deliver me, O my God! The insufficiency of the circumstances described to warrant the vehement emotions expressed is implied in the summons. "Korah, Asaph, Heman, and Ethan are all associated with the service and music of the sanctuary in Davids reign. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. The twofold emotions of Psalms 42:6 recur in Psalms 42:7-8, where we have first renewed despondency and then reaction into hope. 1-10 and (2) vv. Again the psalmist encouraged himself with the rhetorical refrain (cf. And why ask, who it is other than yourself, when it is in your power to be the thing which you are asking about? Sermon Seeds is a weekly e-mail list featuring brief, expository outlines designed to help preachers and Bible teachers with their preparations. 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. They who trouble me cast me in the teeth, while they say daily unto me, Where is your God? Therefore we are warned to be like the ant. True Repentance - Psalm 51. 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. A quick reading of this Psalm suggests there are two divisions: (1) vv. 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. 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. Numbers 26:10-11) were distinguished musicians (1 Chronicles 6:31-48). sermons and saints. 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. Both psalms are individual laments. He began with yearning after the living God. 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. 18. HAVE MERCY ON ME, GOD. Deep calls to deep with the voice of Your water-spouts. 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 42 and 43 almost certainly originally a single Psalm. 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. He was called the sweet dropper because of how much confidence and joy his sermons caused. Servanthood What does it mean to be a servant of Christ. In other words, all his crashing and tumultuous and oppressing and discouraging circumstances are the waves of God. 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. Psalm 27. putting God first. Men may speak, may be seen by the operations of their members, may be heard speaking in conversation: but whose thought is penetrated, whose heart seen into? So once more the wave of emotion rolls over the psalmist, but with a new aspect which makes all the difference. THE VANITY OF SELF EFFORT. A second purpose is that you want to leave something lasting in the minds of the congregation when a sermon is over. For were it to rest in itself, it would not see anything else beyond itself; and in seeing itself, would not, for all that, see God. And may He grant our desire through the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. Hermon means anathematizing. On which account too this Psalm is ordinarily chanted on those occasions, that they may long for the Fountain of remission of sins, even as the hart for the water-brooks. Why go I mourning, while mine enemy troubles me, while he breaks my bones? 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. Psalm 3: You are a shield around me, O Lord, my Glorious One, who lifts up my head. 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. We have undertaken the exposition of a Psalm corresponding to your own longings, on which we propose to speak to you. So, he asks Why? Its a legitimate question. Tweed. These outlines are eventually posted on this website. They who trouble me cast me in the teeth. running for God. Then follows a gleam of hope, like a rainbow spanning the waterfall. PSALM 42 When Fear Grips Your Life - Psalm 27. Unless you become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. (Matt 18:3.) 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. 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). Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. religion or Christ. Why hope? And its shaped by thinking and feeling with God in the Psalms. But isnt it amazing that hes singing his prayer! Has learnt to put up with less. The deer will die. Important that we dont respond inappropriately. Who shall bring any charge against you as Gods elect? ), 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." Has experienced the joy of long refreshing drinks in a cool mountain stream. In his sorrow he could still think of Him at intervals as the help of his countenance and call Him "my God." Two-person skit: the chained, the Devil (2.) Expository Sermons on Psalm 6. And just as there we found cause for rejoicing, so here there will not be wanting an occasion for sorrow. But it is a song of faith. 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 The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. He states the very words of that confession; he repeats the grounds on which he fortifies his hope. Accept that we may need to make effort. 1. That I may behold (he says) the beauty of the Lord. 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. For it is the strong members that are the bones; and sometimes even those that are strong sink under their temptations. The psalmist was far from Jerusalem and the central sanctuary. So bloated with other things hasnt got space for water., DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 3 I may perhaps finish the Psalm, aided as I am by your attention, whose fervour I perceive. 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." 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.. Verses 12: As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. So cried our Head also, as if speaking in our name. The story of David, Bathsheba, and Uriah is found in 2 Samuel 11-12. 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. Mistaking the desire for religion and religious practices for a desire for God. By the Unchangeable it was revived; it is by the changeable it is disquieted. 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. 1 As the deer pants for streams of water. The secret of calm is to dwell in that inner chamber of the secret place of the Most High, which whoso inhabits "heareth not the loud winds when they call," and is neither dejected nor uplifted, neither disturbed by excessive joys nor torn by anxieties. So rather than prepare a sermon, I simply wrote a letter. 3. A. The deer that knows its thirsty but has given up on trying to find a nice, cool stream thats always full of running water. Neither abstractions nor dead things can still its cravings. I will not fear . Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? The word forgotten is an overstatement. It has been much disputed whether its proper signification is active (one who shows lovingkindness) or passive (one who receives it). The bold metaphors are more striking when contrasted with the opposite ones of the first part. For I should be in error were I to seek for my God without the place of His tabernacle. I shall not want for refreshment, "He leadeth me beside the still waters." 3. 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. 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 In reference to the description of the psalmists locality, Cheyne beautifully says, "The preposition from is chosen (rather than in) with a subtle purpose. I shall not want for strength, "He restoreth my soul." C. Jesus also knew the responsibilities of the Shepherd to the sheep. Let then my insulting enemies now say, Where is your God? During Ezra and Nehemiahs time (fifth century B.C. The preceding verses have given ample reason why she has been dejected, but now she is summoned to repeat them to a judicial ear. The psalmists lamentation because of his enemies 42:6-11. They retained the former office in the second Temple. I thirst for God, the living God. 10. He could not obtain the refreshment he needed yet, but he looked forward to finding it soon. The kingdom of Israel was first united under David, and it is appropriate that David would write a psalm about living together in unity. 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? The dry and thirsty land there and the rush of waters here mean the same thing, so flexible is nature in a poets hands. 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? Feel guilty about not desiring God more. Learnt to live with disappointment and disillusionment., DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 4 Thats what hes seeking jubilant hope. 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. Richard Sibbes, one of the great old Puritan preachers of Cambridge who died in 1635, wrote a whole book on Psalm 42:5. For what is there more profound than that abyss? My soul is thirsty for the living God Psalm 41:2. But even these bitter sarcasms are less bitter than the remembrance of "happier things," which is his "sorrows crown of sorrow." Take all the parts of a sermon and put them together into a whole, and that whole is the central idea-the big idea-in the sermon. To the contrary, it is uncomforted, miserable and unsatisfied. 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. All of the psalms in Book 2 have a title assigned to them except psalm 43, making it more likely that it . 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. (To help fight spam, this address might change occasionally.) Lo, we have just now been gladdened by certain inward delights: with the mind's eye we have been able to behold, though but with a momentary glance, something not susceptible of change: why do you still disquiet me, why are you still cast down? settled. 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. Psalm 42:2. In verses 5 and 11, he calls God "my salvation and my God.". 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. This is not inconsistent with righteousnessit is righteousness. Psalms 42:3)." 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. 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. Esther TOP. 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.). Psalms 42:5). "Mizar" is probably the name of a hill otherwise unknown, and specifies the singers locality more minutely, though not helpfully to us. Spiritual Depression - Psalm 42-43. 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. My soul is disquieted on account of myself Psalm 41:6. Once more, too, the higher self repeats its half-rebuke, half-encouragement. This it is for which I am thirsty, to come and to appear before Him. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. So, let me invite you to take your copy of Gods Word and turn to Psalm 42. Hear what else there is in the hart. The region intended seems to be "the northeastern corner of Palestine, near the lower slopes of Hermons" (Cheyne. The writer suffered at the hands of tormenting enemies. scenes of glory on a sea of gloom. 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 compared the noise of the waves to his troubles, that he personified as calling to one another to come and overwhelm him. Last week's psalm was an unusually long one for the Psalm of Ascents, but this week we are back to a short psalm. Key idea here is longing for God when in a wilderness situation. Why then does Korah stand for Christ? [Note: For the meaning of Maskil, see my note on Psalms 32.] Start With Prayer. AND XLIII. These loveless people are not further defined, and may either have been Israelites or aliens. It is on my own account it is disquieted. 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. Hope in 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. The "soul" is the seat of emotions and desires. Hes not thirsting mainly for escape. 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. For now you are not without somewhat to say to yourself, in answer to those who say, Where is your God? For when I was pouring out my soul above myself, in order to reach my God, why did I do so? There is another point to be observed in the hart. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1888.) So, the psalmist affirms Gods sovereign love for him in and through all the troubles. 2. It is not a question asked for enlightenments sake but is an exclamation of impatience, if not of rebuke. It was not exactly literary fame which psalmists hungered for. {Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5} But probably the text is faulty. He therefore glances back to himself, as if he were coming from that world; and says to himself, now placed in the midst of these sorrows, comparing these with the things, to see which he had entered in there, and after seeing which he had come forth from thence; Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why do you disquiet me? DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 1 2 Wash away my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin. 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. 8. ), saying, I thought to know this; it is too painful for me, until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand of the last things. The plural "Hermons" is probably used in reference to the group of crests. It was God whom he addressed, who remembered him from the land of Jordan and Hermon. They are great ones, severe, hard to bear; but would they were all. 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. Dont compromise! In building the Lord's house. 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. My God is the saving health of my countenance. (Doesnt mean they are bad. It is what church historian Martin Marty might call a "wintery" faith. Let this be allowed; and this meaning retain its place in the Church; a place both truthful and sanctioned by usage. In the midst of the tumult of emotions, were not always careful with our words. And we are told in answer, that it is some festival. 42-72 In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. seeing that deep calls to deep, and after those sufferings severer ones are to be dreaded. So thats a sermon for me, today. preaching the gospel. 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? A new regime, new management, a new . I have now had the perception of something that is unchangeable; why do you disquiet me still? 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. 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