The title then of it is, On the end: a Psalm for understanding for the sons of Korah. Here goes. What is meant by like the hart? 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. God being what He is, no longing soul can ever remain unsatisfied. There is great similarity between the content of these psalms and the ones David wrote. Hope in God. Arise, O Lord! 2. If by abyss we understand a great depth, is not man's heart, do you not suppose, an abyss? God means for these encounters with Him in corporate worship to preserve your faith now and in the way you remember them later. SUBJECT: Covetousness TITLE: The Rich Man and Lazarus Type: Expository. We will be looking at this Psalm in three parts over the next three weeks. For no one runs to the remission of sins, except he who is dissatisfied with himself; no one runs to the remission of sins, but he who confesses himself a sinner; no one confesses himself a sinner, except by humbling himself before God. God guides till we reach heaven - Psalm 73:24 C. God's guidance is by faith - Isaiah 42:16 3. 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. 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. Why have You forgotten me? The form of the verbs "remember" and "pour out" in Psalms 42:4 indicates set purpose. I shall not want for strength, "He restoreth my soul." C. Jesus also knew the responsibilities of the Shepherd to the sheep. 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. (vv. 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. The epithet answers to that of the former part, "the living God," from which it differs by but one additional letter. He may also have written those bearing the notation, "of the sons of Korah" (Psalms 42, 44-49). 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. If man then is an abyss, in what way does abyss call on abyss? The psalmist was thirsty for God. He was a captive in Babylonia and preached to the exiles about the fall of Jerusalem, and after having heard. "My soul is cast down; therefore let me remember Thee." 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. Indeed the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. (John 4:14.). THE second book of the Psalter is characterised by the use of the Divine name "Elohim" instead of "Jehovah." He remembers past corporate worship experiences. Perhaps because expository sermons take much diligence and study, many preachers look for an easier way. 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. In this Psalm David, who is himself a shepherd, describes the LORD as his own personal shepherd. The serpents are your vices, destroy the serpents of iniquity; then will you long yet more for the Fountain of Truth. I am thirsty in my pilgrimage, in my running; I shall be filled on my arrival. But the curb has not been applied quite in vain, for throughout the succeeding verses there is a striking alternation of despondency and hope. Neither abstractions nor dead things can still its cravings. My God is the saving health of my countenance. 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. Weve got to preach it to ourselves, and preach diligently and forcefully, or well give way to a downcast and disquieted spirit. [Note: Bullock, p. Deep calls unto deep with the voice of your water-spouts Psalm 41:7. Does man call on man as God is called upon? That is the worlds way with the calamities of a devout man, whose humble cry, "My God," it resents as presumption or hypocrisy. Tweed. This remembrance will encourage us to continue to trust Him while we go through temporarily distressing periods. 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). 9 ). 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. Rejected me, that is to say, from that height of the apprehension of the unchangeable Truth. 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. Thus one might think of this book as "the book of Elohim.". What should I say, but. In his prayer, he would also ask God the reason for his continuing physical and emotional distress. Acts 4:25). He then forwarded these photos to several university e-mail lists. I, so long as I do not see, so long as my happiness is postponed, make my tears my bread day and night. For men saw their torments outwardly; they did not inwardly behold their crowns! Two-person skit: the chained, the Devil (2.) Galatians6:2 5. No, but calls on is equivalent to calls to him. 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 the house of God there is a never-ending festival: for there it is not an occasion celebrated once, and then to pass away. 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. 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. the heights of Hermon from Mount Mizar. When Fear Grips Your Life - Psalm 27. 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. Whoever wrote it has given immortal form to the longings of the soul after God. He began with yearning after the living God. So, let me invite you to take your copy of Gods Word and turn to Psalm 42. How much was this cast in the teeth of the Martyrs! 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. AS THE DEER PANTS FOR STREAMS OF WATER. Esther 5 - Mission Impossible. The preceding verses have given ample reason why she has been dejected, but now she is summoned to repeat them to a judicial ear. They who trouble me cast me in the teeth, while they say daily unto me, Where is your God? Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. 3-7, NIV) Psalm 4: Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! Where, I pray, is your God? Thats why it pains me that were not presently able to be together. 2 16 How to Prepare an Expository Sermon on [April, HOW TO PREPARE AN EXPOSITORY SERMON ON PSALMS XLII. To the contrary, it is uncomforted, miserable and unsatisfied. How does the Psalmist know this? My brother! The enemy is called a "loveless nation." The insufficiency of the circumstances described to warrant the vehement emotions expressed is implied in the summons. The deer will die. Unless you become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. (Matt 18:3.) In other words, all his crashing and tumultuous and oppressing and discouraging circumstances are the waves of God. Accept that we may need to make effort. The region intended seems to be "the northeastern corner of Palestine, near the lower slopes of Hermons" (Cheyne. A Psalm Of The Have-Nots (Audio) Download File. . Has learnt to make do with occasional puddles. Can think of it as a combination of our body, mind and emotions. Water the key theme in the Psalm. For he said not, My tears became my drink, lest he should seem to have longed for them, as for the water-brooks: but, still retaining that thirst wherewith I burn, and by which I am hurried away towards the water-brooks, My tears became my meat, while I am not yet there. All unrest of longing, all fever of thirst, all outgoings of desire, are feelers put out blindly, and are only stilled when they clasp Him. To the Lord I cry aloud and He answers me from His holy hill. Psalmist feels cut off from Gods presence in some way possibly in exile from Israel, possibly by illness. Let this be allowed; and this meaning retain its place in the Church; a place both truthful and sanctioned by usage. Esther 6 - Sleepless in Susa and Rain on the Parade. Verses 12: As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O 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. JESUS URGES US TO DESIRE ETERNAL LIFE 2. 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. Decisions made according to Scripture yield peace - Psalm 119:101 B. Not mere bodily presence there, but that joyful outpouring of triumph and gladness, is the object of the psalmists longing. 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. Understand that God may use suffering to refocus our deepest desires on Him. The Jordan Valley is quite wide north of this sea and the mountains of Hermon rise up to the east from it. Without it we die. I will go, he says, into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even unto the house of God! 1. A. LEARNING TO DESIRE 42-72 In Book 1, all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. It consists of two stanzas, each of which ends with the same refrain. 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. For example, Isaac Watts wrote these verses to be sung: Thats not a jubilant song. DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER: 1 'The deer that rejects water.' 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