Why have You forgotten me? 17. Naturally this transition strophe is marked by the mingling of both. And why ask, who it is other than yourself, when it is in your power to be the thing which you are asking about? Expository Songs Psalm 42:1-2: Chandos Anthem No. 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. But in the Hebrew Bible, God never gave anyone this blessing nor did God ever use the word when he was speaking. Its not wrong to want relief and to pray for it. Has experienced the joy of long refreshing drinks in a cool mountain stream. 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.. So rather than prepare a sermon, I simply wrote a letter. Hermon means anathematizing. "Mizar" is probably the name of a hill otherwise unknown, and specifies the singers locality more minutely, though not helpfully to us. The last twelve deal with instruction. Last week's psalm was an unusually long one for the Psalm of Ascents, but this week we are back to a short psalm. God was not providing for his needs just then. 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. "Korah, Asaph, Heman, and Ethan are all associated with the service and music of the sanctuary in Davids reign. And because he so remembers with humility, he shall earn his exaltation to fruition, for he is not exalted in himself, who glories in the Lord. I will go, he says, into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God! 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? Devil" I've got it I've stolen his JOY" (4.) (Doesnt mean they are bad. To recall past joys adds stings to present grief, but to remember God brings an anodyne for the smart. 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. For an abyss is a depth that cannot be reached or comprehended; and it is principally applied to a great body of water. 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. 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. Because He loves us. When shall I come and appear before God? 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." THE VANITY OF SELF EFFORT. The feminine soul has to give account of her moods to calmer judgment, and to be lifted and steadied by the strong spirit. 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. 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. 12. 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 was a captive in Babylonia and preached to the exiles about the fall of Jerusalem, and after having heard. He compared the noise of the waves to his troubles, that he personified as calling to one another to come and overwhelm him. * By Rev. Edited by Philip Schaff. And he knows it. My God is the saving health of my countenance. As he walks in this tabernacle, and contemplates God's wonderful works for the redemption of the faithful, the sound of that festivity charms his ears, and bears the hart away to the water-brooks. For if a Pagan should say this to me, I cannot retort it upon him, saying, Where is yours? I will say unto God, You are my lifter up. This is understandable since the same refrain occurs in both of them (cf. (Psalm 42:2-4) Maclaren notes, "The whole psalm reads like the sob of a wounded heart." What was its cause? 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. 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. The deer that knows its thirsty but has given up on trying to find a nice, cool stream thats always full of running water. How does the Psalmist know this? Contact information. 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. As for your fatigue in hearing, I am not greatly solicitous, since you see me also, who speak, toiling in the heat of these exertions. 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? 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. Why sons of Korah? 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. In this that I suffer are all Your waves; in the severer punishment that Thou threatenest, all Your overhangings have come unto me. Apart from air, water our most basic need. 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. Let there be no sloth in your running; run with all your might: long for the fountain with all your might. For I am suffering here, even as if You had forgotten me. Again that voice! Those men so patient and courageous for the name of Christ, how often was it said to them, Where is your God? 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. Am I already 'drinking' from this 'fountain' with nothing to fear?Still Hope in God, is his answer to the soul that disquiets him, and would fain account for her disquiet from the evils with which this world abounds. restoring the joy. 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? 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. For I will go into the place of Your wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God. 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? Psalms 43, 66, 67, , 71 are anonymous. But perhaps Scripture meant us to consider in the stag not this point only, but another also. The true counterpoise to its excess lies in directing it to God and in making Him the object of hope and patient waiting. Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Psalm 127. Oh, how much could be said here about the importance of corporate worship in our lives. Without it we die. Let then our understanding be roused: and if the Psalm be sung to us, let us follow it with our understanding.Run to the brooks; long after the water-brooks. Because Korah is equivalent to Calvaria.Therefore, the sons of the bridegroom, the sons of His Passion, the sons redeemed by His Blood, the sons of His Cross, who bear on their forehead that which His enemies erected on Calvary, are called the sons of Korah; to them is this Psalm sung as a Psalm for understanding. 3. To the Lord I cry aloud and He answers me from His holy hill. So, he asks Why? Its a legitimate question. Chained " whoooa is me I'm miserable " (5.) It is sometimes right to pray for the defeat of enemies. I may perhaps finish the Psalm, aided as I am by your attention, whose fervour I perceive. Sorrow is shot with trust. Hes not thirsting mainly for escape. 1Corinthians10:12 Therefore since there is no soundness in me for myself, there is no hope either for me of myself. sing unto the . If they find themselves thirsty they describe the desire as fairy story or suchlike. 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. 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. Psalm 42 - Honest Prayer from a Discouraged Saint This psalm is titled To the Chief Musician. 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. He needed to continue to hope in God until then. A Heart for the Lord - Psalm 84. 9 ). [Note: Merrill, "Psalms," p. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to: [email protected]. That is the worlds way with the calamities of a devout man, whose humble cry, "My God," it resents as presumption or hypocrisy. 11-22. But When shall I come? Follow along with me as I read Psalm 42: To the choirmaster. Not mere bodily presence there, but that joyful outpouring of triumph and gladness, is the object of the psalmists longing. Has learnt to make do with occasional puddles. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (Heb. It is reported of stagsthat when they either wander in the herds, or when they are swimming to reach some other parts of the earth, that they support the burdens of their heads on each other, in such a manner as that one takes the lead, and others follow, resting their heads upon him, as again others who follow do upon them, and others in succession to the very end of the herd; but the one who took the lead in bearing the burden of their heads, when tired, returns to the rear, and rests himself after his fatigue by supporting his head just as did the others; by thus supporting what is burdensome, each in turn, they both accomplish their journey, and do not abandon each other. 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! Hes confirming his faith in the midst of turmoil and discouragement by remembering how real God was in corporate worship. 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. Psalm 42 and 43 almost certainly originally a single Psalm. Servanthood What does it mean to be a servant of Christ. It is my God that is the saving health of my countenance. sheep dogs. Some ancient Hebrew manuscripts united Psalms 42, 43 as one. But isnt it amazing that hes singing his prayer! 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. When the Rumors are Not True - Psalm 26. 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. He prays now; he had only remembered and complained and said that he would pray before. The two psalms (Psalms 42:1-11, Psalms 43:1-5) are plainly one. That is to say, because God is mercy and faithfulness, the return of the psalmist to the home of his heart is sure. He doesnt feel jubilant hope. God is close to us and cares for us as a shepherd cares for his sheep. u.s.). And just as there we found cause for rejoicing, so here there will not be wanting an occasion for sorrow. Update: Here is my sermon on Psalm 6 (video and manuscript) Let them still say, Where is your God? Psalm 42 essentially a lament, with Psalm 43 forming the Psalmists prayer in response to the lament. 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. 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. 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). While they say daily unto me, Where is your God? Feel guilty about not desiring God more. And the little hill of Hermon. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. 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. The Jordan Valley is quite wide north of this sea and the mountains of Hermon rise up to the east from it. Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. Evidently he was near the Hermon range of mountains that stood north of the Sea of Chinnereth (Galilee). For in tribulation every one must be profited by what he heard in the time of security. 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. But the victory is not quite won, and therefore Psalms 43:1-5, follows. For many of us other desires can get in the way of us really desiring God. My health (my salvation) cannot be from myself; this it is that I will say, that I will confess. 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. He just said in verse 8, By day the Lord commands His steadfast love, and at night His song is with me.. In the daytime the Lord would pour out His love to the psalmist, and in the night he would respond by praising God. Feel guilty about feeling cut-off. The twofold emotions of Psalms 42:6 recur in Psalms 42:7-8, where we have first renewed despondency and then reaction into hope. Perhaps because expository sermons take much diligence and study, many preachers look for an easier way. Were probably alert to the fragile desire for things. 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? 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. Psalm 41:10. They are the ballast in his little boat of faith. 2. You see, hoping in God doesnt come naturally for sinners like us. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. Apr 24, 2020. Psalmist feels cut off from Gods presence in some way possibly in exile from Israel, possibly by illness. 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 This it is for which I am thirsty, to come and to appear before Him. This psalm is the fourth and last psalm in the Psalms of Ascent that is attributed to King David. This is not simply engaging in nostalgia. Asaph wrote Psalms 50, and Solomon composed Psalms 72. In this stanza the writer focused on his enemies rather than on God. And this, which is soon in the sight of God, is late to our longing. I know that the righteousness of God remains; whether my own will remain steadfast, I know not. The "soul" is feminine in Hebrew, and is here compared to the female deer, for "pants" is the feminine form of the verb, though its noun is masculine. These loveless people are not further defined, and may either have been Israelites or aliens. 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.". 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. Everything We Need - Psalm 23. Hope in God. 63.]. By the Unchangeable it was revived; it is by the changeable it is disquieted. A Psalm Of The Have-Nots (Audio) Download File. My tears (he says) have been not bitterness, but my bread. I will not fear . HAVE MERCY ON ME, 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. When spiritually dry, we who are believers should remind ourselves that God is sufficient for all our needs. When Life Gets Slippery - Psalm 73. You may see not my flesh merely, but even my bones. Whoever begins as he did will finish where he climbed. My God is the saving health of my countenance. When shall I come and appear before God? 8. In this Psalm David, who is himself a shepherd, describes the LORD as his own personal shepherd. To what mortal's lot has it fallen? Wherefore so? In verses 5 and 11, he calls God "my salvation and my God.". Therefore we are warned to be like the ant. Emotion varies, but God is the same. Tweed. 5) Finally, at the Areopagus in Athens (Acts 17:22-34), Paul exposes the gathered worshipers as being ignorant of . inasmuch as he points with his finger to some stone, and says, Lo, there is my God! When Fear Grips Your Life - Psalm 27. The situation is described as in the preceding parts. Thats what hes seeking jubilant hope. he says, In the voice of joy and praise; the sound of keeping holiday. Thats why a singable psalter is good to keep around or a hymnbook with the whole array of emotions. Streaks of brightness flash through the gloom. The dry and thirsty land there and the rush of waters here mean the same thing, so flexible is nature in a poets hands. My soul is thirsty for the living God Psalm 41:2. Scripture ref: Luke 16:19-23. Verses 1-11 II. To the contrary, it is uncomforted, miserable and unsatisfied. 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. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99 1. However, he came back to the same expression of confidence with which he ended the first stanza. This conflict of opposite emotions is the characteristic of the second part of the psalm, while that of the first part is an all but unrelieved predominance of gloom, and that of the third an all but undisputed victory of sunshine. 7. But, considering that lovingkindness is in the Psalter mainly a Divine attribute, and that, when a human excellence, it is regarded as derived from and being the echo of experienced Divine mercy, it is best to take the passive meaning as the principal, though sometimes, as unmistakably here, the active is more suitable. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series. ), 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. In Book 2, the titles identify David as the writer of 18 psalms (Psalms 51-65, 68-70). I. silence is not always golden. 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. 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. Is it disquieted on account of 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. 42-72 In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. Esther 1 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Foolish. 14. In the mean while dwell in hope: for hope that is seen is not hope; but if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. 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. Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? The word forgotten is an overstatement. Rejected me, that is to say, from that height of the apprehension of the unchangeable Truth. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . Let there be no sloth in your running; run with all your might: long for the fountain with all your might. But even these bitter sarcasms are less bitter than the remembrance of "happier things," which is his "sorrows crown of sorrow." I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. The insufficiency of the circumstances described to warrant the vehement emotions expressed is implied in the summons. The writer viewed his troubles like waves cascading down on him, as if he were standing under a waterfall. Psalms 42 expresses the writers yearning for God. The enemy is called a "loveless nation." He doesn't feel jubilant hope. 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. 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." Therefore it is from the land of Jordan I have remembered you, and from the hill; observe, not of the great hill, that you may make of the little hill a great one: for whoever exalts himself shall be abased, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted. He who has life in Himself is the Giver and Rescuer of our lives, and to Him they are to be rendered in thankful sacrifice. He has fixed forever and made melodious a sigh. I, so long as I do not see, so long as my happiness is postponed, make my tears my bread day and night. 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. A quick reading of this Psalm suggests there are two divisions: (1) vv. 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. In verses 5 and 11, he calls God my salvation [or Savior] and my God. And even though he says it looks as if God has forgotten him, he never stops believing in the absolute sovereignty of God over all his adversity. Therefore the psalm must be pre-exilic; and while there is no certainty attainable as to date, it may at least be said that the circumstances of the singer present more points of contact with those of the supposed Korachite follower of Davids fortunes on the uplands across Jordan than with those of any other of the imaginary persons to whom modern criticism has assigned the poem. PHILIP A. NORDELL, D. D., New London, Conn. 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. Can put forward good arguments for not believing in water or having any desire for it. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. 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