The *psalmist is the person that wrote the psalm. Ease he did not seek, honour he did not covet, but the enjoyment of communion with God was an urgent need of his soul; he viewed it not merely as the sweetest of all luxuries, but as an absolute necessity, like water to a stag. places, where water was wanting; and another, that being heated Proud member Psalm 42:1 in all English translations. 3. Verse 1-3. are an illustration of the frequent use of the word Elohim in the second book of Psalms. 1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. And here we have started up, and have sent leaping over the plain another of Solomon's favourites. The word here used denotes the cry of the hart, when in distress By JOHN DURANT. Verse 1. (Psalms 42–72) Psalm 42 Longing for God and His Help in Distress. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. This first verse talks about the ownership of the earth. On the eleventh verse of this Psalm there are the following works: --. J. M. Neale. Verse 1-3. It is a sweet bitterness. "A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. Nothing, then, could be more appropriate than the dedication of a sacred song to these very people. Psalm 42 – Honest Prayer from a Discouraged Saint. Verse 1. They actually have “advice” that they want you to follow. The home sickness of the soul. They had been spared when their father and all his company, and all the children of his associates were swallowed up alive in their sin. It’s not clear what the word means. thirst is a perpetual appetite, and not to be forgotten, and even thus continual is the heart's longing after God. As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. Most of the Lord's family have sailed on the sea which is here so graphically described. Psalms 4, 42, 51, 63. It is called, Maschil, or an instructive ode; and full as it is of deep experimental expressions, it is eminently calculated to instruct those pilgrims whose road to heaven is of the same trying kind as David's was. The first of these extends from Psalm 1 to Psalm 41 and relates to Genesis because of its recurring theme of creation. They had taken the warning given, and had departed from the tents of these wicked men. Psalm 62:1-note For the choir director; according to Jeduthun. Those who have enjoyed the presence of God in the public ordinances of religion will greatly desire, if deprived of them, to be favoured with them again ... Prevention from attending the public ordinances of God's house may be made the means of great benefit to the soul. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. We find his descendants existing as a powerful Levitical family in the time of David, at least, if they are to be identified, as is probable, with the Korahites mentioned in 1 Chronicles 12:6 , who, like our own warlike bishops of former times, seem to have known how to doff the priestly vestment for the soldier's armour, and whose hand could wield the sword as well as strike the harp. 1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. Living souls never can take up their rest any where short of a … "Sons of Korah." Medieval writers remark how here, as so often, it was the will of God to raise up saints where they could have been least looked for. "My soul thirsteth for God, the living God" (Psalms 42:2). Thirteen Sermons in the works of WILLIAM BRIDGE (1600-1670), entitled, "A Lifting Up for the Downcast." Psalms 137:5 ; nay, they preferred it to their chiefest joy: "If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy," Psalms 42:6 . What Psalm 42:1-5 means. Commentary on Psalm 42:1-5. Comfort and Counsel for Dejected Souls. That’s why most versions don’t translate it. The second thing to notice in the heading is that the psalm is called a Maskil. (Psalms 42:1-2 RSV) How beautifully he puts that! To what is it directed, or does it point or tend? According to 1 Chronicles 9:17-19 , the Korahites were in David's time, keepers of the threshold of the tabernacle; and still earlier, in the time of Moses, watchmen at the entrance of the camp of the Levites. As the hart panteth after the water brooks BOOK II Psalms 42–72Psalm 42#In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms and constitute one psalm.#In Hebrew texts :1-11 is numbered 42:2-12.For the director of music. By JOHN COLLINGS. In 1 Chronicles 26:1-19 , we find two branches of this family associated with that of Merari, as guardians of the doors of the Temple. The word is strong, and expresses that eagerness and fervency of desire, which extreme thirst may be supposed to raise in an animal almost spent in its flight from the pursuing dogs. Division. My tears have been my food. Part 2, pp. NKJV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. 3 Maskil: See note on Psalm 32 superscription. A gracious soul can take little satisfaction in God's courts, if it do not meet with God himself there. Psalm 1 1 Meaning: “Counsel” And you know, if that was all there was to these kinds of men, they might not be so difficult to deal with. of At any rate, we who have been rescued as they were from going down into the pit, out of the mere good pleasure of Jehovah, can heartily join in this Psalm, and indeed in all the songs which show forth the praises of our God and the pantings of our hearts after him. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. A Psalm … It is the cry of a man far removed from the outward ordinances and worship of God, sighing for the long loved house of his God; and at the same time it is the voice of a spiritual believer, under depressions, longing for the renewal of the divine presence, struggling with doubts and fears, but yet holding his ground by faith in the living God. Verse 1. But something has changed. Who should imagine that from the posterity of him who said, "Ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Aaron," should have risen those whose sweet Psalms would be the heritage of the church of God to the end of time? A Practical Exposition of the Forty- second Psalm, in ten Sermons, in Choice and Practical Expositions on four select Psalms. No, instead of murmuring, he falls a panting, and that only after his God. When You’Re Depressed, Your Main Need Is to Seek God Himself, Not Just Relief. "Sons of Korah." Salem Media Group. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. 8vo. When God restores His captive people, Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad. 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). Psalm 42 is a lament psalm written by men who formerly were able to freely worship God with the Lord’s people. A gracious soul can take little satisfaction in God's courts, if it do not meet with God himself there. field", or "meadow, desires the shower" {e}; or thirsts after it There is probably an allusion to this their office, in Psalms 84:10 . In Sibbes' Works, Nichol's Puritan Series, vol. By RICHARD SIBBES. Dedicated to the Master of Music, this Psalm is worthy of his office; he who can sing best can have nothing better to sing. Psalms 42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks Either through a natural thirst that creature is said to have; or through the heat of the summer season; and especially when hunted by dogs, it betakes itself to rivers of water, partly to make its escape, and partly to extinguish its thirst, and refresh itself. by destroying and eating serpents, they coveted water to refresh Preserved, we know not why, by the distinguishing favour of God, it may be surmised that after their remarkable election to mercy, they became so filled with gratitude that they addicted themselves to sacred music in order that their spared lives might be consecrated to the glory of God. WORD AND PHRASE STUDY. A maskil#Title: Probably a litera It is called, Maschil, or an instructive ode; and full as it is of deep experimental expressions, it is eminently calculated to instruct those pilgrims whose road to heaven is of the same trying kind as David's was. To the Chief Musician. Numbers 16:1-50 . Little do the drunkards think that take so much pleasure in frequenting the houses of Bacchus, that the godly take a great deal more, and have a great deal more joy in frequenting the houses of God. I am interested in this theme of hungering and thirsting for God. This psalm likens a stag or mule deer's longing for water to our soul's longing for God. So, let’s start with the superscription of Psalm 42. It cries while it looks for water. Volume 2, of the edition of 1845. themselves into the water, and go into that for safety; so panteth my soul after thee, O God; BOOK TWO Psalms 42–72 -Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses - To the Chief Musician. The *psalmist says that he is *like the *hart. WORKS WRITTEN ABOUT THE FORTY-SECOND PSALM IN SPURGEON'S DAY. His soul, his very self, his deepest life, was insatiable for a sense of the divine presence. There are in these psalms 25 references to Yahweh in 24 verses. Psalm 42:1-6 New King James Version (NKJV) Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses. when parched with drought; see ( Isaiah 35:7 ) ( So when applied to psalms, it may mean a song that instructs, or a song that is wisely crafted. psalmist's violent and eager thirst after the enjoyment of God in The soul strongly desires acquaintance with God here in his ordinances. Clarke's Psalms 42:1 Bible Commentary As the hart panteth after the water brooks - The hart is not only fond of feeding near some water for the benefit of drinking, "but when he is hard hunted, and nearly spent, he will take to some river or brook, in which," says Tuberville, … When shall I … Title. Sabbaths at Home: or, a help to their right improvement; founded on the Forty-second and Forty-third Psalms. public worship. Look upon David, now a banished man, and fled from the presence of Saul, and see how he behaves himself: not like Themistocles or Camillus, or some of those brave banished worthies. William S. Plumer. Isaiah 56:7 . How was holy David taken with being in the house of God at Jerusalem! Zachary Bogan. It must be admitted that the name Korah and the patronymic Korahite are found in the Scriptures in a way that creates considerable doubt respecting the particular man from whom the Korahites are named. 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. Folio. Whatever may have been their origin, it is clear the sons of Korah were a Levitical family of singers. What awakens it in the soul? escape, and partly to extinguish its thirst, and refresh itself. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. They were the spared ones of sovereign grace. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. Debarred from public worship, David was heartsick. We may learn from this verse that the eagerness of our desires may be pleaded with God, and the more so, because there are special promises for the importunate and fervent. Nathanael Culverwel's "Panting Soul," 1652. The next best thing to living in the light of the Lord's love is to be unhappy till we have it, and to pant hourly after it -- hourly, did I say? TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. It is always edifying to listen to the experience of a thoroughly gracious and much afflicted saint. Psalms 63:1 ) 1651. The meaning is, that in the dark night of sorrow and trouble he would not cease to call on God. His enemy has taken him through a desert where he saw the *thirsty animal. creatures are so desirous of water; because they were in desert He is banished from the temple, and he thinks himself banished from his God, as it is in the following words, When shall I come and appear before God? "Sons of Korah." A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. There was no place in the world that David regarded or cared to be in in comparison of it. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? It comes from a Hebrew verb that means to make someone wise, or to instruct. insomuch, that if he were kept from it but a little while, his soul panted for it, and longed after it, and fainted for lack of it, as a thirsty hart would do for lack of water! says, that the male harts cry much stronger than the females; and I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness" Psalms 84:10 , insomuch, that he could find it in his heart, nay, and would choose, if he might have his desire, to spend all his days in that house. These opinions have more or less prevailed. He does not complain of the ungratefulness of his country, the malice of his adversaries, and his own unhappy success. All rights reserved. As after a long drought the poor fainting hind longs for the streams, or rather as the hunted hart instinctively seeks after the river to lave its smoking flanks and to escape the dogs, even so my weary, persecuted soul pants after the Lord my God. By THOMAS HORTON, D.D. Title. Yet, there are 61 references to Elohim in By the bitter, but ofttimes wholesome food of tears. Numbers 16:24 Numbers 16:26 . Bible Gateway Recommends. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? ; and by these metaphors, one or the other, is expressed the Give him his God and he is as content as the poor deer which at length slakes its thirst and is perfectly happy; but deny him his Lord, and his heart heaves, his bosom palpitates, his whole frame is convulsed, like one who gasps for breath, or pants with long running. He has reached the place in his experience where he knows only God can meet his need. There is, through human degeneracy, a proneness to value things less, however excellent in themselves, because of their being common, or plentiful, or of easy attainment. The Book of Psalms is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In Psalm 42 it is "thirsting for God," but in some of the other passages "hungering". Subject. being persecuted by men, and deprived of the word and worship of Psalms 27:4 . Psalm 42: 1-5 Thirsting and Hungering for God July 2, 2000. By HENRY MARCH. 43:5, which implies these Psalms are closely connected, possibly one Psalm (UBS Handbook, p. 398). It is always edifying to listen to the experience of a thoroughly gracious and much afflicted saint. Nu 27:11. In Numbers 26:11 we read: "Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not." All rights reserved. To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. Either through a natural thirst that creature is said to have; or Verse 1,2. Nothing can give us a higher idea of the psalmist’s ardent and inexpressible longing to attend the public worship of God than the burning thirst of such a hunted … We could sooner doubt the authorship of the second part of Pilgrim's Progress than question David's title to be the composer of this Psalm. Psalm 44:4-note You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob. Verse 1. The psalmist looked to the Lord as his chief good, and set his heart upon him accordingly; casting anchor thus at first, he rides out the storm. The musical reputation of the family continued in the time of Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 20:19 , where we have the peculiar doubly plural form (~yxrqhynb), "Sons of the Korahites." Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. themselves; and the third, when followed by dogs, they betake But it is a thing that God promised long ago by the prophet: "Then will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people." Wherewith can it be satisfied? Intended for the use of pious persons when prevented from attending the public worship of God. The second division extends from Psalm 42 to Psalm 72 and relates to Exodus because of its theme of redemption. J. J. Stewart Perowne. How is a godly man ravished with "the beauty of holiness," when he is at such meetings! Psalms 42:1-11 NIV. 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. Others think that the sons of Korah were the surviving descendants of that miserable man who, together with two hundred and fifty of his adherents, who were princes, perished when "the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, together with Korah." This metaphor compares the heart-hunger of the psalmist to the physical pangs of a deer suffering from acute thirst, running from place to place seeking water in the dry season. (Numerous old editions). 1675. Psalm 42:1-2. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. To the leader. Who were the sons of Korah? What elegant creatures these gazelles are, and how gracefully they bound! Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. Despite sadness, the psalmist hopes once again to join the worshiping crowds. Psalm 42:1 In Hebrew texts 42:1-11 is numbered 42:2-12. By renewing our relish for the provisions of the Lord's house, which so soon and so often palls. One of the features of the Second Book of Psalms is the use of the word [~'Elohiym] for God, whereas in Book … Psalm 42:1 "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God." This view is taken by Ainsworth with entire confidence, by Gill, and others. We give Fry's translation of the first three verses. Retail: $39.99. This same verse appears again in Ps. Meaning of Psalm 24 verse by verse. London: 1823. 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. Psalm 53:6-note Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! through the heat of the summer season; and especially when hunted Man plants and animals all belong to God because He created them all verb being of the feminine gender, hence the Septuagint render it in his house and ordinances: some render the words, "as the And now they find themselves removed from the religious life that they formerly enjoyed. The "Korah" whose "sons" are here spoken of, is the Levite who headed the insurrection against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. One is that they sprang from some one of that name in the days of David. By making us to prize the means of grace more highly. When it is as natural for us to long for God as for an animal to thirst, it is well with our souls, however painful our feelings. As the hart brays so his soul prays. 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