AS THE DEER PANTS FOR STREAMS OF WATER. 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. 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. What then is the abyss that calls, and to what other abyss does it call? For it is the strong members that are the bones; and sometimes even those that are strong sink under their temptations. During Ezra and Nehemiahs time (fifth century B.C. 3-7, NIV) Psalm 4: Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (Heb. In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. Download File. I thirst for God, the living God. To see those who were thought to have some stability, giving way under temptations, so that the rest of the weak brethren despair when they see those who are strong succumbing; how great, my brethren, are the dangers! I will go, he says, into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God! It consists of two stanzas, each of which ends with the same refrain. 5) Finally, at the Areopagus in Athens (Acts 17:22-34), Paul exposes the gathered worshipers as being ignorant of . 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. Look at programs man has instituted to build the churches. Galatians6:2 5. OBJECTIVES:Each listener should be able to understand the story, repeat it, and . Edited by Philip Schaff. This is understandable since the same refrain occurs in both of them (cf. Charles Spurgeon calls the first part a hymn and the second a sermon. 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. Neither abstractions nor dead things can still its cravings. Does man call on man as God is called upon? How much was this cast in the teeth of the Martyrs! 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. 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. What will you confess? From whence did I remember you? The epithet answers to that of the former part, "the living God," from which it differs by but one additional letter. 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 never loses this grip on the great truths about God. 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. 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. And just as there we found cause for rejoicing, so here there will not be wanting an occasion for sorrow. 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. And the little hill of Hermon. 1Corinthians10:12 Therefore since there is no soundness in me for myself, there is no hope either for me of myself. 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. settled. But You are trying me, and I know that Thou dost but put off, not take utterly from me, what You have promised me. Therefore we are warned to be like the ant. Soul. Youve learned deeply that its no relief to say that God does not rule the wind and the waves. We have undertaken the exposition of a Psalm corresponding to your own longings, on which we propose to speak to you. A BIT OF BACKGROUND They are the ballast in his little boat of faith. For there is some great mystery in the matter that the name sons of Korah is given to Christians. The dry and thirsty land there and the rush of waters here mean the same thing, so flexible is nature in a poets hands. Understand that God may use suffering to refocus our deepest desires on Him. It is useless to speculate on its origin. So thats a sermon for me, today. Who shall bring any charge against you as Gods elect? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? The word forgotten is an overstatement. For having but the first-fruits of the Spirit, we groan within ourselves; waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of the body. 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). Esther TOP. Sermon Seeds is a weekly e-mail list featuring brief, expository outlines designed to help preachers and Bible teachers with their preparations. So rather than prepare a sermon, I simply wrote a letter. There is with me prayer to the God of my life. 17. 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. So, at the end of verse 7, he says, All Your breakers and Your waves have gone over me.. And what is it that the ant does? He affirms God's sovereign love. 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. Mount Mizar is one of the hills in that area. A Psalm Of The Have-Nots (Audio) Download File. preaching the gospel. Grief which finds no fresh words is beginning to dry up. You see, hoping in God doesnt come naturally for sinners like us. 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. It was a long way from Mount Zion where the ark dwelt in Davids day. 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. It is better therefore to translate "hind" than "hart." Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. 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. If you would also ask the meanings of the names, Jordan means their descent. What is meant by like the hart? The imagery is so usual that it needs no assumption of having been occasioned by the poets locality. 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. He has fixed forever and made melodious a sigh. For it is in hope that we are saved; but hope that is seen, is not hope. 11. Why have You forgotten me? I have now had the perception of something that is unchangeable; why do you disquiet me still? Each Monday brings a set of at least seven outlines to your e-mail box. He remembers past corporate worship experiences. My God is the saving health of my countenance. Hes not thirsting mainly for escape. 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.). 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. LEARNING TO DESIRE It is what church historian Martin Marty might call a "wintery" faith. THE VANITY OF SELF EFFORT. The Lord has commended His loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night will He declare it. 63.]. It is a very elementary but necessary lesson for the conduct of life that emotion of all sorts, sad or glad, religious or other, needs rigid scrutiny and firm control, sometimes stimulating and sometimes chilling. Esther 2:1-18 - The Best Beauty Pageant Ever. True Repentance - Psalm 51. The true object of its longings is always God, however little it knows for what it is thirsting. To the Lord I cry aloud and He answers me from His holy hill. 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. Christ Jesus is the one who died more than that, who was raised who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for you. 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. He ends with naming Him "the gladness of my joy." 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 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 will be preaching on Psalm 6 to the saints and friends of the Bethany Baptist Church in Bellflower, Southeast LA, California, this Sunday, April 26, 2020, Lord-willing. Each of us must walk in the light we have. But perhaps Scripture meant us to consider in the stag not this point only, but another also. He is the health of my countenance, and my God. Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. 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. Psalm 42 - Honest Prayer from a Discouraged Saint This psalm is titled To the Chief Musician. So once more the wave of emotion rolls over the psalmist, but with a new aspect which makes all the difference. 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. Unnamed foes taunt the psalmist with the question, "Where is thy God?" 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. Some scholars believe David wrote these psalms for the sons of Korah to perform. And this, which is soon in the sight of God, is late to our longing. Nature reflects the poets moods, and overmastering emotion sees its own analogues everywhere. Why have You rejected me? This morning, I want to quickly offer us (be me, specifically) some hope when dealing with discouragement. He then forwarded these photos to several university e-mail lists. It is ourselves, if we be but willing! Whilst therefore it is summer, while it is well with you, while you are in tranquillity, hear the word of the Lord. 13. To the contrary, it is uncomforted, miserable and unsatisfied. Hear what else there is in the hart. A quick reading of this Psalm suggests there are two divisions: (1) vv. Where, I pray, is your God? In building the Lord's house. Psalms 42:3). Esther 4 - For Such a Time as This. Can think of it as a combination of our body, mind and emotions. God being what He is, no longing soul can ever remain unsatisfied. When can I go and stand before him? And then once more above this conflict of emotion soars the clear note of the refrain, summoning to self-command, calmness, and unfaltering hope. The waves in what I already feel, the overhangings in that You denouncest. God means for these encounters with Him in corporate worship to preserve your faith now and in the way you remember them later. Psalm 42:2. Asaph wrote Psalms 50, and Solomon composed Psalms 72. 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. With wise resolve he finds in dejection a reason for nestling closer to God. Esther 2:19-3:6 - Doing Good But Getting Punished. For I will confess unto Him. HOW MUCH DO WE REALLY DESIRE GOD? It destroys serpents, and after the killing of serpents, it is inflamed with thirst yet more violent; having destroyed serpents, it runs to the water-brooks, with thirst more keen than before. Who shall separate you from the love of Christ? (Romans 8:3135 paraphrased), Fifth, the psalmist remembers. God is close to us and cares for us as a shepherd cares for his sheep. I shall not want for strength, "He restoreth my soul." C. Jesus also knew the responsibilities of the Shepherd to the sheep. Acts 4:25). 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. REKINDLE YOUR PASSION (PSALMS 42:1-2 ) INTRO: SKIT: SATAN GOT YOUR JOY AND PASSION (1.) The deer that rejects water. Doesnt believe in it, doesnt long for it, or doesnt know they long for it. It is on my own account it is disquieted. He began with yearning after the living God. 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. 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. This mans longing was intensified by his unwilling exile from the sanctuary, a special privation to a door keeper of the Temple. Thats what hes seeking jubilant hope. 1. Water the key theme in the Psalm. Rich Man and Lazarus Sermon Outline. The angelic choir makes an eternal holiday: the presence of God's face, joy that never fails. But the victory is not quite won, and therefore Psalms 43:1-5, follows. PSALM 42 This mans faith was not so dependent on externals that it could not come close to God while distant from His temple. Thats why it pains me that were not presently able to be together. In Praise Of The King And His City (Audio) Download File. Sorrow is shot with trust. And He may give us them back if they no longer get in the way of allowing Him to meet our desires.) Original setting not known. But the gloomier mood has shot its last bolt. [Note: See Swindoll, pp. The preceding verses have given ample reason why she has been dejected, but now she is summoned to repeat them to a judicial ear. Let then my insulting enemies now say, Where is your God? The locality thus designated is too far north for the scene of Davids retreat before Absalom, unless we give an unusual southward extension to the names; and this makes a difficulty in the way of accepting the hypothesis of the authors having been in his retinue. Hope thou in God; for I will yet confess unto Him Psalm 41:11. PSALM 51:1-2. 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. 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. In preparing an article on the above topic the writer is ex-plicitly informed that what is required is t"not an expository sermon," nor " an outline of an expository sermon, but di- Deep calls unto deep with the voice of your water-spouts. Regrettably, I can't reply to every letter, but I greatly appreciate your feedback especially notifications about typographical errors and inappropriate ads. 2. 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.) Scripture ref: Luke 16:19-23. 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? For men saw their torments outwardly; they did not inwardly behold their crowns! she must be up to something. refreshing waters from a high hill. The separation, however, is old, since it is found in the LXX. sailing on the stormy sea. Verses 5 and 6 make clear that any strength the Psalmist will have does not reside in self, but in God. This morning, I want us to take just a few minutes to consider Psalm 42. 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. For we find in the hart an emblem of swiftness. 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. It was not exactly literary fame which psalmists hungered for. And may He grant our desire through the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. Follow along with me as I read Psalm 42: To the choirmaster. Finally, the psalmist thirsts for God like a deer pants for the stream. sermons and saints. Without it we die. Thats why a singable psalter is good to keep around or a hymnbook with the whole array of emotions. Just as if his soul was silently replying to him, Why do I disquiet you, but because I am not yet there, where that delight is, to which I was, as it were, rapt for a moment? Let Him deliver you, if He can. Water the key theme in the Psalm. 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. 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Whoever begins as he did will finish where he climbed. seeing that deep calls to deep, and after those sufferings severer ones are to be dreaded. SUBJECT: Covetousness TITLE: The Rich Man and Lazarus Type: Expository. revival. So, the psalmist affirms God's sovereign love for him in and through all the troubles. Has learnt to make do with occasional puddles. A. 2. 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. For when I was pouring out my soul above myself, in order to reach my God, why did I do so? 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. The psalmist is far from the sanctuary, but distance does not hinder thought. {Nehemiah 11:19} The ascription of authorship to a group is remarkable, and has led to the suggestion that the superscription does not specify the authors, but the persons for whose use the psalms in question were composed. The type of deer that knows and recognises what thirst is. 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. While they say daily unto me, Where is your God? Feel guilty about feeling cut-off. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. No, but calls on is equivalent to calls to him. Numbers 26:10-11) were distinguished musicians (1 Chronicles 6:31-48). 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. To what mortal's lot has it fallen? 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. Again the psalmist encouraged himself with the rhetorical refrain (cf. The writer viewed his troubles like waves cascading down on him, as if he were standing under a waterfall. The prophet Ezekiel lived in a time when the people of Judah did not experience peace. aye, let them say it! 1. Chained " whoooa is me I'm miserable " (5.) 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. 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. The region intended seems to be "the northeastern corner of Palestine, near the lower slopes of Hermons" (Cheyne. For I am suffering here, even as if You had forgotten me. sing unto the . God guides till we reach heaven - Psalm 73:24 C. God's guidance is by faith - Isaiah 42:16 3. {Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5} But probably the text is faulty. The more numerous my sufferings, the sweeter will be Your mercy. 10. Indeed the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. (John 4:14.). For we find in the hart an emblem of swiftness. 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. Once more, too, the higher self repeats its half-rebuke, half-encouragement. he says, In the voice of joy and praise; the sound of keeping holiday. But that just isnt the way we are. It is the only psalm, of the 150 psalms, so labeled. Deep calls on deep with the voice of Your water-spouts. religion or Christ. 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. 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. For an abyss is a depth that cannot be reached or comprehended; and it is principally applied to a great body of water. Richard Sibbes, one of the great old Puritan preachers of Cambridge who died in 1635, wrote a whole book on Psalm 42:5. "My soul is cast down; therefore let me remember Thee." Strip away allow God to strip away all the things that give us temporary satisfaction. It was in wonder and admiration he spoke this: Abyss calls unto abyss with the voice of Your water-spouts. Esther 6 - Sleepless in Susa and Rain on the Parade. Psalms 42:3)." Anathematize yourself, by being displeased with yourself; for if you are pleased with yourself, God will be displeased with you. For there are already many things that I admire in the tabernacle. 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