Enduring Word Bible Commentary Psalm 42.
Sophocles says that, a faithless friend is the sorest bile that can be touched. Methinks as Jonathan laid aside his bow and arrows approaching to embrace David, so the name of friend should disarm the heart of man, that no instrument of malice should be left to give offence.
Psalm 130 is an unnamed psalm in the Hebrew psalter composed by a penitential Israelite. The church has made great use of the psalms. It was written by and anonymous author but is suggested that it could be Hezekiah. It was written during the time of Moses (approximately, 1440 B.C.) and the Babylonian captivity (586 B.C.). The authors of the Psalms are accredited to David who wrote 73 psalms.
All three of these verses conclude a stanza, thus dividing Psalm 42 into two stanzas, Psalm 42:1-5 and 6-11, and making all five verses of Psalm 43 into one stanza. The use of stropic structure is not the primary characteristic of Hebrew poetry. However, it is clearly a tool that the author of Psalms 42 and 43 used to remind the reader not only of the state of his soul, but also of the hope.
Psalms 42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalms 42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? Psalms 42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? Psalms 42:4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the.
Psalm 42. My Help and My Deliverer To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 40 I u waited patiently for the L ord; he inclined to me and v heard my cry. 2 He drew me up from w the pit of destruction, out of x the miry bog, and y set my feet upon a rock, z making my steps secure. 3 He put a a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will b see and fear, and put their trust in the L.
Millions more have meditated on them in their own quiet reading of Scripture: “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God” (Ps. 42:1). It is a haunting image. One pictures the buck or the doe, descending through the forest’s perimeter in the half-light of dusk, to slake the thirst of a hot day in the cool waters of a crystal stream.
Pentecost is both a day and a season. The Day of Pentecost, 50 days after Easter, marks the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the church. The season of Pentecost is the longest season of the entire Christian Year, stretching out until Advent begins again. Its emphasis is on the work of the Holy Spirit to give power and growth to the church so that the kingdom of God can be built. This season.