I’m thirsty for God-alive. He puts a smile on my face. It is quite a long psalm with 43 verses in all. King David boldly declared, “I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God” (Psalm 42:11, KJV). even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar. John Piper Apr 21, 2007 0 Shares Sermon. When can I go and meet with God? Psalm 42 Well, I guess since I didn’t scare you away with last week’s outrageous sermon, we’ll just keep moving on through the Psalms and see what else they have to say to us. It's dangerous to let yourself get spiritually inactive because of problems. So encouraging are these words to me from today's reading of Psalm 42 in the Message Translation. 1 When I call, give me answers. No. And despite these men's privileged position – and maybe even because of it – they rebelled against Moses' God-ordained leadership. So, let's start with the superscription of Psalm 42. 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? That's how these sons of Korah picture themselves in relation to God. 3 Look at this: look. Psalm 42:1-2 A white-tailed deer drinks from the creek; I want to drink God, deep draughts of God. (Psalm 42:4), and that God is with you (Psalm 42:8). My life is God’s prayer. 7 [Deep/One deep stream] calleth unto deep at the [noise/sound] of thy [waterspouts/waterfalls]:all thy [waves/breakers/billows] and thy [billows/waves] [are gone over/have rolled over/overwhelm] me. Psalms of suffering and redemption. A Contemplative Maskil of the sons of Korah. Samuel the prophet – for example - descended from Korah. God’s loyal love – they are assured – will be with them all the time. It deals with the discipleship of believers in Jesus Christ. Psalm 42:11. All day long people knock at my door, Pestering, "Where is this God of yours?" My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Psalm 42:5 MSG. I took it in stride. Hope in God. Fix my eyes on God— soon I’ll be praising again. Or for rest. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts. The Book of Psalms is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. Read about the last week in the life of Jesus. Your breaking surf, your thundering breakers crash and crush me. 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 Eugene H. Peterson by NavPress Publishing. We worship the same powerful and living and faithful God as they. He repeats the exact same statement in Psalm 43:5. And therefore, the sons of Korah will have a prayerful song in their hearts to the God of their life – or again, their living God. And then Mount Mizar is a smaller mountain near to Hermon. I wonder, "Will I ever make it - arrive and drink in God's presence?" Psalm 42:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term; Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain. Fix my eyes on God—. A white-tailed deer drinks from the creek; I want to drink God, deep draughts of God. This he saw and prophesied through his songs. The Exodus Psalms. But something has changed. October 21, 2020. And part of that difficult chastening is these enemies taunting them and claiming that the Lord doesn’t exist. Psalms of suffering and redemption. And the thirsting that we experience in this life to worship the Lord will be completely quenched forever. You know he can keep us going as a church, as families, and individuals who want to worship him. And yet, it appears that these sons of Korah – though being led away into exile with their rebellious fellow citizens – they were not themselves rebellious like their countrymen. When can I go and meet with God? MSG 11 Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? Why are you crying the blues? There was a multitude of them. 9-10 Sometimes I ask God, my rock-solid God, “Why did you let me down?Why am I walking around in tears, harassed by enemies?”They’re out for the kill, these tormentors with their obscenities,Taunting day after day, “Where is this God of yours?”. Genesis 3:21 (Read all of Genesis 3) God made leather clothing for Adam and his wife and dressed them. Why are you in despair, my soul? BOOK TWO: Psalms 42—72Yearning for God in the Midst of DistressesTo the Chief Musician. Psalm 42:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm. hear me! Conference Message. I was always at the head of the worshiping crowd, right out in front, Leading them all, eager to arrive and worship, Shouting praises, singing thanksgiving—. When my soul is in the dumps, I rehearse everything I know of you, From Jordan depths to Hermon heights, including Mount Mizar. And if things get their absolute worst in this life – you know that this isn't the end. Family. And the sons of Korah are apparently imaging their being exiled as if God is putting them under one of those violent waterfalls and just pummeling them with this hard and heavy stream of water falling from a cliff of Mount Hermon. NIV 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. 4 These are the things I go over and over, emptying out the pockets of my life.I was always at the head of the worshiping crowd, right out in front,Leading them all, eager to arrive and worship,Shouting praises, singing thanksgiving— celebrating, all of us, God’s feast! He is living. When shall I come and appear before God? By David Wilkerson. When can I go and meet with God?” The poet’s “thirst for God” is more than simply a desire because, as we well know, we do not live without water. This week, as we turn our attention to Psalm 42, we see that it starts off by painting an idyllic picture in our minds with its very first line. So, that's who these men are – men who served the Lord and his people in the Tabernacle – and later the Temple. Learn how your comment data is processed. I wonder, "Will I ever make it - arrive and drink in God's presence?" Remember, the message of Psalm 42 is: Don't let doubt nor trouble pull you too far away from God. Change Language {{#items}} {{local_title}} {{/items}} ← Language. BOOK TWO Psalms 42–72 Psalm 42 - For the Music Director. 3-4 Give me your lantern and compass, give me a map, So I can find my way to the sacred mountain, to the place of your presence, To enter the place of worship, meet my exuberant God, Sing my thanks with a harp, magnificent God, my God. And their desire is worthy of emulation in us. Your email address will not be published. Devotional Thoughts . BOOK II: PSALMS 42-72. Version. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God? Psalm 42:5. Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Book 2 of the Psalms goes from Psalm 42 to Psalm 72. With these psalms we have the beginning of Book II of the Psalter. External Opposition to God’s Work and the Response of God’s People in Nehemiah 2. All day long people knock at my door, … Your email address will not be published. 9 I will [say/pray] unto God my [rock/high ridge], Why hast thou [forgotten/ignored] me?why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? If he lives, then you know he can still hear and answer us. I'm on a diet of tears - tears for breakfast, tears for supper. MSG 2 I'm thirsty for God-alive. Other sons of Korah were doorkeepers in the Tabernacle. And so, this verse is something of a refrain that is now repeated a second time in this psalm. Why are you disturbed within me? Yes. In Moses' day, the Lord set apart the sons of Levi to serve in the Tabernacle. And that’s where these geographical features are found – the Jordan River is the river that runs north to south and starts basically in the area just southeast of Mount Hermon. A Cry for Revival. Psalm 42:5-8 The Message (MSG) 5 Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? as your waves and surging tides sweep over me. BOOK II (Psalms 42–72) Psalm 42 Longing for God and His Help in Distress - To the leader. Should we be discouraged about these things – as if God didn't exist? I'm thirsty for God-alive. If so, then your tendency and mine is to be discouraged and to start to think almost as if God is not involved anymore. And so, just like we read in the new … A Cry for Revival. 8 Yet the LORD [will command/decrees] his [lovingkindness/loyal love] in the daytime,and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the [God of my life/my living God]. They were at the front and center of the religious life of Israel. And I'm not sure what you think about your church right now. And so, here it seems that these sons of Korah are communicating that they are trapped in the land north of Israel. As long as it's not the Lord – worshipping the Lord, being with his people in the place in which his people get together to worship. Korah was the grandson of Kohath. The message is the same: “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. So, 11 psalms! Psalm 42 (The Message Bible) Genesis 7:16 (Read all of Genesis 7) male and female of every creature came just as God had commanded Noah. Hobbies. Today's Message is about our need of following hard after God, just as a deer pants for water. Psalm 42; Psalm 43 Read chapter in The Message Bible. He puts a smile on my face. They thought that this broke one of God’s rules. I wonder, "Will I ever make it - arrive and drink in God's presence?" Christian Pictures. with the voice of joy and [praise/thanksgiving],with a multitude that [kept/celebrated] [holyday/festival]. Scripture: Psalm 42. Psalm 42 (The Message) A white-tailed dear drinks from the creek; I want to drink God, deep draughts of God. Psalm 42:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term Psalm 42:2 Revocalization yields and see the face of God Psalm 42:5 Hebrew the salvation of my face ; also verse 11 and 43:5 And what makes matters even worse is that the sons of Korah can remember back to a time when they had nearly unrestricted access to worship the Lord with his people. Are we smaller than we've been in the past? As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Psalm 42 Lyrics: As a deer pants for flowing streams / So pants my soul for you, O God / My soul thirsts for God / For the living God / When shall I come and appear before God? Granted, it was last minute and had announced it in various places the morning of due to a weather forecast of rain. And yet – how easy is it to become discouraged even after receiving a great encouragement from the Lord? 42 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God. Psalm 42 is a psalm of lament, with emphasis on trust in God. Genesis 7:17 (Read all of Genesis 7) The flood continued forty days and the waters rose and lifted the ship high over the Earth. John Piper Apr 21, 2007 0 Shares Sermon. I'm on a diet of tears - tears for breakfast, tears for supper. Psalm 42:11. The living God whom they love to worship with his people. Psalm 42 is the 42nd psalm of the Book of Psalms, often known in English by its incipit, As the hart panteth after the water brooks (in the King James Version). You can be assured that you will yet again praise him. How long will you lust after lies? Put your hope in … 3. 2 I'm thirsty for God-alive. Does it seem like everything that is both Christian and biblical is shrinking in your life? A psalm of the sons of Korah A white-tailed deer drinks from the creek; I want to drink God, deep draughts of God. Cancel. 1 I long to drink of you, O God, drinking deeply from the streams of pleasure. A gracious soul can take little satisfaction in God's courts, if it do not meet with God himself there. Scripture: Psalm 42. I wonder, "Will I ever make it - arrive and drink in God's presence?" Psalm 42:5 MSG - Why are you down in the dumps, dear - Bible Gateway. Yesterday I threw a party for the Labor Day Holiday and no one showed. Several psalms in Book 2 of the Psalms have "the sons of Korah" at the top. The person in the Psalm is telling you that God can see you through anything if you trust in Him, obey Him, and pray to Him, and continually call Him your God and your Rock. 5 Why art thou [cast down/in despair/depressed], O my soul?and why art thou [disquieted/disturbed/upset] in me? Psalms 42:6 is understood to teach that David's place of exile was somewhere east of the Jordan headwaters in the vicinity of Mount Hermon. He’s my God. I wonder, “Will I ever make it— arrive and drink in God’s presence?” I’m on a diet of tears— tears for breakfast, tears for supper. PSALMS 42 AND 43. Who got picked by God! Like the parched traveller in the wilderness, whose skin bottle is empty, and who finds the wells dry, he must drink or die -- he must have his God or faint. The conflict in the soul of a believer. Read verse in The Message … Why so disturbed within me? And that fact has allowed their enemies to question the strength of the God whom they love. As the [hart/deer] [panteth/longs] [after/for] the [water brooks/streams of water],so [panteth my soul/I long] [after/for] thee, O God. A dry place – no water. They insistently ask themselves, "when am I going to be able to come and appear before God?!" Psalm 42 is a lament psalm written by men who formerly were able to freely worship God with the Lord's people. And no doubt – part of what caused the sons of Korah to so greatly desire to worship the Lord with God's people is that they had a handle on who God was. 42. When will I come and appear before God? 11 Why art thou [cast down/in despair/depressed], O my soul?and why art thou [disquieted/disturbed/upset] within me? Having to escape from predators – which activity surely causes them to need even more of what they don't have – access to abundant water to quench their thirst – and really, to simply keep them alive. Read verse in The Message Bible Fix my eyes on God— soon I’ll be praising again. I'm thirsty for God-alive. God made man body and soul. Read verse in The Message … He's not absent when his people come together to worship him. Read Matthew 26:38 and John 12:27 for help. And that's not just the case in our church. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 4. Kohath was the son of Levi. Genesis 9:22 (Read all of Genesis 9) Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and told his two brothers who were outside the tent. And yet, once more, the sons of Korah slip back into a lament of their circumstances in verses 9 and 10. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. He puts a smile on my face. When shall I come and behold the face of God? But they can't do so as they used to because they've been removed from Jerusalem. I wonder, “Will I ever make it— arrive and drink in God’s presence?” I’m on a diet of tears— tears for breakfast, tears for supper. A David Psalm. So, the chastening that these men are receiving – they perceive as God forgetting and ignoring them. When can I go and meet with God? Psalm 4. Psalm 42 is the 42nd psalm of the Book of Psalms, often known in English by its incipit, As the hart panteth after the water brooks (in the King James Version).The Book of Psalms is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament.In the Hebrew Bible, Psalm 42 opens the second of the five books (divisions) of Psalms. First 30-days on us! My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Psalm 42 A white-tailed deer drinks from the creek; I want to drink God, deep draughts of God. Why are you crying the blues? A contemplative poem for instruction, by the prophetic singers of Korah’s clan. The power of the sacred words of psalm 42 42 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalm 42[ a][ b] For the director of music. 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