Bible in one year 8/23/
2022 Psalm 41-43
By Rev. Katherine
Liu Bruce
Christian Arts
Ministries : Biblical precepts & Gospel music; Pastoral ministry &
Counseling
Psalm 41 David’s amplification of the beatitude
later recorded in Matt.5:7 includes instructing the congregation that the
merciful will receive mercy(vv.1-3), recalling his experience with those who
did not show him mercy (vv.4-9) and praising God, who did (vv.10-12). David’s
betrayal by a false friend pictures Judas’s betrayal of Christ(John 13:18-19,
where this verse is quoted, omitting the phrase “ in whom I trusted”).
Psalm 41:1-13 A psalm
of David
Blessed is he who has
regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble. The Lord will
protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not
surrender him to the desire of his foes. The Lord will sustain him on his
sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.(vv.1-3).
I said, “ O Lord, have
mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you.” My enemies say of me in
malice, “When will he die and his name perish?” Whenever one comes to see me,
he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and
spreads it abroad. All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the
worst for me, saying, “ A vile disease has beset him; he will never get up from
the place where he lies.” Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared
my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.(vv.4-9).
But you, O Lord, have
mercy on me; raise me up, they I may repay them. I know that you are pleased
with me, for my enemy does not triuph over me. In my integrity you uphold me
and set me in your presence forever. Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. (vv.10-13).
Psalm 42 and Psalm 43 These psalms comprise a
single, sadly beautiful poem in which the writer, exiled in the far north of
Palestine(42:6), yearns to return to the Temple in Jerusalem. He first
expresses this yearning for God (42:1-5), then reveals the depths of his
distress(42:6-11) and prays that he might return (43:1-5). The figure is that
of a deer longing for water in the midst of prolonged drought. (v.1). The
heights of Hermon.(v.6). The twenty-mile long ridge of Hermon, forty miles NE.
of the Sea of Galilee. Mount Mizar. Apparently in the same vicinity but is
unidentified. Deep calls to deep (v.7). The floods and cataracts of the
headwaters of the Jordan illustrate the waves of sorrow that overwhelm the
writer. Psalm 43 the psalmist’s mood changes to one of confidence and trust.
The holy mountain and the altar serve as means to the highest end-fellowship
with God Himself.
Psalm 42: 1-11 A psalm of the Sons of Korah
As the deer pants for
streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for
the living God. When can I go and meet
with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day
long, “Where is your God?” (vv.1-3).
These things I remember
as I pour out my soul: How I used to go with the multitude, leading the
procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the
festive throng. (v.4).
Why are you downcast, O
my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God for I
will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. My soul is downcast within
me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of
Hermon-from Mount Mizar. (vv.5-6).
I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go
about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?” My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes
taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?” Why are you downcast,
O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my
God. (vv.7-11).
Psalm 43: 1-5 A psalm of
the Sons of Korah
Vindicate me, O God, and
plead my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and wicked
men. (v.1).
You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? (v.2)
Then will I go to the
altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the harp, O
God, my God. (v.4).
Bibliography,
Ryrie,
Charles C. The Ryrie study Bible
(NIV). Chicago, IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986.
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