Hawker's Poor man's commentary
Psalms 42:1
CONTENTS
In this Psalm we have the devout breathings of the soul towards God, opposed by unbelief and distrust.
To the chief Musician. Maschil for the sons of Korah.
CONTENTS
In this Psalm we have the devout breathings of the soul towards God, opposed by unbelief and distrust.
To the chief Musician. Maschil for the sons of Korah.
PSALM XLII _The psalmist earnestly longs for the ordinances of the Lord's_ _house_, 1-4; _describes his deep distress_, 5-7; _endeavours to take comfort from the consideration that the Lord_ _wou...
AS THE HART PANTETH AFTER THE WATER-BROOKS - Margin, brayeth. The word rendered hart - איל _'ayâl_ - means commonly a stag, hart, male deer: Deuteronomy 12:15; Deuteronomy 14:5;...
II. THE EXODUS SECTION: BOOK TWO:PSALM 42-72 The second division of the book of Psalms corresponds to the book of Exodus, the second book of the Pentateuch. That book begins with the groans and moans...
PSALMS 42, 43. Originally these two Pss. were one. This is proved by the long refrain common to each, Why art thou cast down, O my soul, etc. It recurs in Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5, an...
Psalms 42-72, The Exodus Book, has to do with Israel; as the first book (1-41) had to do with Man. Psalms 42 and Psalms 43 are linked together, because (1) Psalms 43 has no title; (2) the Structure sh...
As a hind which panteth for water-brooks, So panteth my soul for Thee, O God. Render hind, not _hart_, for the verb is feminine, and the timorous hind is the apter emblem for the soul. The parallel...
The yearning of the Psalmist's soul for communion with God....
DISCOURSE: 572 DAVID’S DESIRE AFFER GOD Psalms 42:1. _As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I com...
_David's zeal to serve God in the temple: he encourageth his soul to trust in God._ To the chief musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. TITLE. קרח לבני משׂכיל למנזח _LAMNATSEACH MASKIIL LIBNEI KOR...
THE PSALMS BOOK THE SECOND Psalms 42, 43 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Debarred Worshipper Mastering his Sorrow. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 42:1-5, A Debarred Worshipper, Nursing his Grief, nevertheless Striv...
_AS THE HART PANTETH AFTER THE WATER BROOKS, SO PANTETH MY SOUL AFTER THEE, O GOD._ Psalms 42:1; Psalms 43:1 form one pair, and therefore have but one title, as Psalms 1:1;...
42:1 of (a-7) Or 'for;' and so Psalms 44 , &c....
BOOK 2 The second and third Books of the Psalter (Psalms 42-72, 73-89) are but the two parts of a whole, the largest section of which (Psalms 42-83) is called the Elohistic Psalter, because the name E...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
AS THE HART PANTETH. — “I have seen large flocks of these panting harts gather round the water-brooks in the great deserts of central Syria, so subdued by thirst that you could approach quite near the...
לַ † מְנַצֵּ֗חַ מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לִ בְנֵי ־קֹֽרַח׃ ...
Psalms 42:1 , PSALMS 43:1 THE second book of the Psalter is characterised by the use of the Divine name "Elohim" instead of "Jehovah." It begins with a cluster of seven psalms (reckoning Psalms 42:1;...
THIRSTING AFTER GOD Psalms 42:1 This psalm clearly embalms the holy musings and yearnings of the exiled king during Absalom's rebellion. Their setting to music was left to the sons of Korah, 2 Chroni...
This is the song of an exile and, moreover, of an exile among enemies who have no sympathy with his religious convictions. He cries out after God with all the intensity of one who knows God and cares...
"To the chief Musician, Maschil, (a) for the sons of Korah." As the hart (b) panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. (a) As a treasure to be kept by them, who were of th...
David. Septuagint add, "it has no title, in Hebrew," being composed by the same author, and on the same subject, as the preceding [psalm]. (Calmet) --- David teaches the faithful how to begin a good w...
_ATHIRST FOR GOD_ ‘As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.’ Psalms 42:1 Religion in some form or other is inseparable from man. The hunger of the human spi...
1._As the hart crieth for the fountains of water, etc _The meaning of these two verses simply is, that David preferred to all the enjoyments, riches, pleasures, and honors of this world, the opportuni...
BOOK 2 - PSALMS 42-72 In the second book, the remnant is viewed as outside Jerusalem, and the city as given up to wickedness. This is seen throughout it. The covenant connection of the Jews with Jehov...
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...
Psalms 42:1 «To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. » As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. _Maschil, for the sons of Korah_] Korah and his...
_As the hart panteth_ תערג, _tagnarog, brayeth:_ “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 it...
AN EXILE'S LONGING FOR ZION. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical part of the Temple-services, Maschil, a didactic poem, for the sons of Korah, written by some member of this Levit...
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, with an intense desire, with an overwhelming sense of want, SO PANTETH MY SOUL AFTER THEE, O GOD, who is often set forth as a spring of living water for the...
PANTETH: _ Heb._ brayeth...
1-5 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. A gracious soul can take little satisfaction in Go...
PSALM 42 THE ARGUMENT The penman of this Psalm is uncertain. as not being named in the title. It was composed either, 1. By David, when he was banished from the house of God, either by Saul's tyranny...
Psalms 42:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Contemplation H4905 (H8688) sons H1121 Korah H7141 deer H354 pants H6165 ...
‘As the hind pants after the water brooks, So pants my soul after you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: When shall I come and see the face of God?' He commences by describing the...
MASCHIL Maschil, "instruction....
Psalms 42 This Psalm contains a prescription for a downcast soul, consisting of three ingredients. I. The first is inquiry: " _Why_art thou cast down?" Religious despondency must have a cause; and i...
Psalms 42:1 I. The Christian must often share feelings such as these. The iron fetters of his oppressors namely, the sins which are ever besetting him are sore and heavy. These fearful foes which he b...
Psalms 42:1. _As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God._ «As the hart panteth» or «brayeth.» And if such be your soul's panting after God, you shall have what...
Psalms 42:1. _As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God._ Hunted, hot, weary, thirsty! It must drink or die. You see the poor creature with the big tears in its...
Psalms 42:1. _As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God._ It is said that when they cannot find water, they sometimes let loose a hart, which, flying over the d...
We often read this Psalm, because we are very often in the same state that the psalmist was in when he wrote it, and the language seems to suit us at many periods of our life. Psalms 42:1. _As the ha...
CONTENTS: The experiences of a much afflicted saint and his confidence in God. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: God often teaches His saints effectually to know the worth of His mercies by cau...
Psalms 42:3. _Tears have been my meat._ I abstained from food to indulge in grief: my sorrows have superseded the desire of food. Psalms 42:6. _The hill Mizar;_ the little hill on which Zoar was buil...
_As the heart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God._ THE KORACHITE PSALMS The second book of the Psalter, characterized by the use of the Divine name “Elohim” instead...
PSALMS PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 42:1. While each of these psalms can be taken separately, Psalms 42:1 go well together as a song with three stanzas: they share a refrain ...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_: “To the Chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.” Maschil, an instruction, a didactic poem. “The sons of Korah,” descendants of Korah, were an important company...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm, committed (like so many others) to the precentor, or. chief musician, for its musical setting, is entitled "Maschil of the sous of Korah"—_i.e._ an "instruction," or didactic ps...
So we enter now into Psalms 42:1-11 into the second book of the psalms. And as a hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God (Psalms 42:1). Jesus said, "Blessed are they...
1 Chronicles 25:1; 1 Chronicles 6:33; Isaiah 26:8; Isaiah 26:9;...
Panteth — After the enjoyment of thee in thy sanctuary....