When he harped upon his woes his heart melted into water and was poured out upon itself. 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? David was never so much at home as in the house of the Lord; he was not content with private worship; he did not forsake the place where saints assemble, as the manner of some is. My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? That it must here be taken as a designation of the hind, appears from the verb being in the fem. "For God." "As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 0 God." Who were an eminent order of. Hist. "To see the face of God" is the nearer translation of the Hebrew; but the two ideas may be combined - he would see his God and be seen of him; this is worth thirsting after! As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. "When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me." From the Book: 100 EZ Praise & Worship Favorites AS THE DEER (KEY OF C) C G. AS THE DEER PANTETH. The hart is naturally hot and thirsty. "My tears have been my meat day and night." 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, "he will keep as long as his breath will suffer him. None but spiritual men can sympathise with this thirst. Verse one: “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.” Verse two: “My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God?” Notice what both verses have in common: thirst. thirst is a perpetual appetite, and not to be forgotten, and even thus continual is the heart's longing after God. How changed his present place! Debarred from public worship, David was heartsick. i., p. 253) says, "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 them before they fled." These are so timid, so gentle, so delicate in their structure, so much the natural objects of love and compassion, that our feelings are drawn toward them as to all other animals in similar circumstances. The festive noise is in his ears, and the solemn dance before his eyes. When a man comes to tears, constant tears, plenteous tears, tears that fill his cup and trencher, he is in earnest indeed. Colossians 68. so Kimchi. By David, when he was banished from the house of God, either by Saul’s tyranny, or by Absalom’s rebellion; or, 2. O to have the most intense craving after the highest good! He roundly asserted that David was a bloody man, and that God was punishing him for supplanting Saul and his house; his wish was father to his thought. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? The psalmist being deprived of God’s service, ardently desires to be in his house again, Psalm 42:1-4; rouseth up his soul unto a firm hope and confidence in God, Psalm 42:5-9. and it is not likely that either all or divers of them did join in the inditing of this and the following Psalms so called. "As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 0 God." For Zion, a wilderness. Colossians 68. so Kimchi. And therefore it seems more probable that David penned this, as it is confessed he did some other Psalms which have not his name in the title. Nothing could more beautifully or appropriately describe the earnest longing of a soul after God, in the circumstances of the psalmist, than this image. After reading the verse I began to sing its message, right off the page. This was at first applied to the case of one who was cut off from the privileges of public worship, and who was driven into exile far from the place where he had been accustomed to unite with others in that service Psalm 42:4; but it will also express the deep and earnest feelings of the heart of piety at all times, and in all circumstances, in regard to God. "When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me." and why art thou disquieted in me? Surely they might have left the mourner alone; he could weep no more than he did - it was a supererogation of malice to pump more tears from a heart which already overflowed. singers in the house of God; of whom see 1 Chronicles 6:33 9:19 26:1. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks - Margin, brayeth. Far away from such goodly company the holy man pictures the sacred scene and dwells upon the details of the pious march. (b) By these comparisons of the thirst and panting, he shows his fervent desire to serve God in his temple. (Psalm 42:1) The Question "What do you want more than anything else in the world?" As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.” It were well if all our resortings to public worship were viewed as appearances before God, it would then be a sure mark of grace to delight in them. l. 4. c. 11. (a) As a treasure to be kept by them, who were of the number of the Levites. After his God, his Elohim (his God to be worshipped, who had entered into covenant with him), he pined even as the drooping flowers for the dew, or the moaning turtle for her mate. 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. They picture David. Ps 42:1-11. And this thirst is increased, partly by its dwelling in desert and dry places, to which it retireth for fear of men and wild beasts; and partly by its long and violent running, when it is pursued by the hunters; and some add, by eating of serpents. "For the living God." Maschil—(See on [587]Ps 32:1, title). "With the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday." this is no questionable mark of grace. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks. Panting is how some animals cool when overheated. Perhaps he alludes to the removal of the ark and to the glorious gatherings of the tribes on that grand national holy day and holiday. Perhaps it was well for him that the heart could open the safety valves; there is a dry grief far more terrible than showery sorrows. His faith in God, Psalm 42:11. hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. "My soul." It is a sweet bitterness. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. It cut the good man to the bone to have the faithfulness of his God impugned. Animal. The writer, perhaps one of this Levitical family of singers accompanying David in exile, mourns his absence from the sanctuary, a cause of grief aggravated by the taunts of enemies, and is comforted in hopes of relief. The word is masculine, but in this place is joined with a feminine verb, as words of the common gender may be, and thus denotes a hind, or female deer. It were well if all our resortings to public worship were viewed as appearances before God, it would then be a sure mark of grace to delight in them. David says in the 42d Psalm, "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after … Print and download As the Deer sheet music by Martin J. Nystrom. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God? So panteth my soul after thee, O God - So earnest a desire have I to come before thee, and to enjoy thy presence and thy favor. Stags and hinds need abundant water, especially in hot countries, and, in time of drought, may be said, with a slight poetical licence, to "pant," or "cry" (Joel 1:20) for it. Cruel taunts come naturally from coward minds. What are gold, honour, pleasure, but dead idols? 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 come and appear before God?' As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. In the Old Testament we learn that the hart moved from pasture to pasture for food Ps 42:1-11. How changed his present place! For, or of (see [588]Introduction) the sons of Korah. These are so timid, so gentle, so delicate in their structure, so much the natural objects of love and compassion, that our feelings are drawn toward them as to all other animals in similar circumstances. As the hart (deer) panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Pentaglott. but he is one certain and single person. l. 4. c. 11. When we hear those famous opening lines, it is important to notice that David does not only thirst for a feeling or some sort of emotional comfort. Thus pursued, spent, and nearly ready to give up the ghost, the psalmist pants for God, for the living God! Pentaglott. Dr. Thomson (Land and the Book, vol. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come. : 2 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God. It ignites the wish behind every birthday candle ceremony. Perhaps it was well for him that the heart could open the safety valves; there is a dry grief far more terrible than showery sorrows. "While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?" It cut the good man to the bone to have the faithfulness of his God impugned. Neither the idea of panting nor braying seems to be in the original word. Note how incessant was their jeer, and how artfully they framed it! 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, "he will keep as long as his breath will suffer him. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God." The prisoner's treadwheel might sooner land him in the skies than mere inward questioning raise us nearer to consolation. We sympathize with them; we pity them; we love them; we feel deeply for them when they are pursued, when they fly away in fear, when they are in want. (c) Aristot. Vain are all pretences to religion where the outward means of grace have no attraction. To have the breast heaving, as in short respiration or want of breath. Psalm 42 1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 418, 447), though rather scarce. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? It is the idea of looking for, longing for, desiring, that is expressed there. See how pathetically he questions as to the prospect of his again uniting in the joyous gathering! The prisoner's treadwheel might sooner land him in the skies than mere inward questioning raise us nearer to consolation. They are still found in Palestine (Tristram, ' Land of Israel,' pp. Vain are all pretences to religion where the outward means of grace have no attraction. It enchants the dream expressed in every child's Christmas list for Santa. 2. His tears since they were shed because God was blasphemed, were "honourable dew," drops of holy water, such as Jehovah putteth into his bottle. By 'water-brooks' are meant the streams that run in vallies. David cannot satisfy his thirst because he is separated from God. Why does a hart “pant” at the bank of … His soul, his very self, his deepest life, was insatiable for a sense of the divine presence. It was composed either, 1. As the hart (deer) panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Shimei may here be alluded to who after this fashion mocked David as he fled from Absalom. As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after you, O God. Perhaps he alludes to the removal of the ark and to the glorious gatherings of the tribes on that grand national holy day and holiday. The festive noise is in his ears, and the solemn dance before his eyes. Gently proceeding with holy ease, in comely procession, with frequent strains of song, he and the people of Jehovah had marched in reverent ranks up to the shrine of sacrifice, the dear abode of peace and holiness. It is a sweet bitterness. Giro 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. Nothing is more grievous to the gracious soul than that which is intended to shake its hope and confidence in God. All my nature, my inmost self. After thee; after the enjoyment of thee in thy sanctuary, as it appears from Psalm 42:4. so panteth my soul after thee, O God; being persecuted by men, and deprived of the word and worship of God, which occasioned a vehement desire after communion with him in his house and ordinances: some render the words, "as the field", or "meadow, desires the shower", &c. (e); or thirsts after it when parched with drought; see Isaiah 35:7; and by these metaphors, one or the other, is expressed the psalmist's violent and eager thirst after the enjoyment of God in public worship. as not being named in the title. Verse 1. 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. Painful reflections were awakened by the memory of past joys; he had mingled in the pious throng, their numbers had helped to give him exhilaration and to awaken holy delight, their company had been a charm to him as with them he ascended the hill of Zion. Hist. They had better have thrust needles into his eyes than have darted insinuations against his God. (b) By these comparisons of the thirst and panting, he shows his fervent desire to serve God in his temple. (a) As a treasure to be kept by them, who were of the number of the Levites. As a hart which pants after the water-brooks, so pants my soul after thee, O God. As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after you, O God. 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. this is no questionable mark of grace. (c) Aristot. (e) Sept. & Symmachus apud Drusium. The wicked know that our worst misfortune would be to lose God's favour, hence their diabolical malice leads them-to declare that such is the case. There is no desire of the soul more intense than that which the pious heart has for God; there is no want more deeply felt than that which is experienced when one who loves God is cut off by any cause from communion with him. Glory be to God, they lie in their throats, for our God is in the heavens, ay, and in the furnace too, succouring his people. The above extracts will give a fine illustration of this passage. hart “ panteth ” תַּעֲרֹ֥ג: To long for: panteth “ after ” עַל: Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications: after “ the water ” מָ֑יִם: Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen: water “ brooks, ” אֲפִֽיקֵי - As the hart panteth after the water-brooks. Which is more than hungering; hunger you can palliate, but thirst is awful, insatiable, clamorous, deadly. It is the idea of looking for, longing for, desiring, that is expressed there. The word rendered hart - איל 'ayâl - means commonly a stag, hart, male deer: Deuteronomy 12:15; Deuteronomy 14:5; Isaiah 35:6. 'As the hart (deer) panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.' 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. The wicked know that our worst misfortune would be to lose God's favour, hence their diabolical malice leads them-to declare that such is the case. 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul... Bible Verses Like Psalms 42:1 “ (To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.) Maschil—(See on [587]Ps 32:1, title). My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? What are gold, honour, pleasure, but dead idols? This was at first applied to the case of one who was cut off from the privileges of public worship, and who was driven into exile far from the place where he had been accustomed to unite with others in that service Psalm 42:4; but it will also express the deep and earnest feelings of the heart of piety at all times, and in all circumstances, in regard to God. Gently proceeding with holy ease, in comely procession, with frequent strains of song, he and the people of Jehovah had marched in reverent ranks up to the shrine of sacrifice, the dear abode of peace and holiness. "For I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God." How he repeats and reiterates his desire! As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O 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. "Thirsteth." As he says, “When shall I come and appear before God?” (vs. 2b). Cruel taunts come naturally from coward minds. I wrote the first verse and the chorus of a song, pretty much straight through. The writer, perhaps one of this Levitical family of singers accompanying David in exile, mourns his absence from the sanctuary, a cause of grief aggravated by the taunts of enemies, and is comforted in hopes of relief. "To see the face of God" is the nearer translation of the Hebrew; but the two ideas may be combined - he would see his God and be seen of him; this is worth thirsting after! איל is a common noun, comp. For Zion, a wilderness. My tears have been my meat day ... As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. for him who can give life, and save from death. ; for the priests in white linen, soldiers in garments of war; for the song, the sneer of blasphemy; for the festivity, lamentation; for joy in the Lord, a mournful dirge over his absence. His enemies reproach him, Psalm 42:10. i., p. 253) says, "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 them before they fled." 4. But this is not usual in this book, to name the author of a Psalm so obscurely and indefinitely; for the sons of Korah were a numerous company. Not merely for the temple and the ordinances, but for fellowship with God himself. 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. "For God." : ב כְּאַיָּל, תַּעֲרֹג עַל-אֲפִיקֵי-מָיִם-- כֵּן נַפְשִׁי תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיךָ אֱלֹהִים. 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 come and appear before God? All my nature, my inmost self. Salt meats, but healthful to the soul. Dear reader, dost thou know what this is, by personally having felt the same? Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. His soul, his very self, his deepest life, was insatiable for a sense of the divine presence. No, he wants God’s very presence. Yet might her piteous heart be seen to pant and quake. David was never so much at home as in the house of the Lord; he was not content with private worship; he did not forsake the place where saints assemble, as the manner of some is. 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. "My tears have been my meat day and night." "With the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday." May we never pant for these. Dr. Thomson (Land and the Book, vol. Debarred from public worship, David was heartsick. A single hart may weigh as much as three 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? Alas, how many appear before the minister, or their fellow men, and think that enough! panteth—desires in a state of exhaustion. As the hart brays so his soul prays. 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. So sensible am I of want; so much does my soul need something that can satisfy its desires. Painful reflections were awakened by the memory of past joys; he had mingled in the pious throng, their numbers had helped to give him exhilaration and to awaken holy delight, their company had been a charm to him as with them he ascended the hill of Zion. By sons of Korah. Yet why let reflections so gloomy engross us, since the result is of no value: merely to turn the soul on itself, to empty it from itself into itself is useless, how much better to pour out the heart before the Lord! By the sons of Korah, in the time of the captivity of Babylon; whence some read the words of the title of this Psalm, Maschil of the sons of Korah. Dear reader, dost thou know what this is, by personally having felt the same? As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. His appetite was gone, his tears not only seasoned his meat, but became his only meat, he had no mind for other diet. Far away from such goodly company the holy man pictures the sacred scene and dwells upon the details of the pious march. May we never pant for these. 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. Understand the meaning of Psalms 42:1 using all available Bible versions and commentary. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God. "My soul." As the big tears stand in the stag's eyes in her distress, so did the salt drops glitter in the eyes of David. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. He who loves the Lord loves also the assemblies wherein his name is adored. God hidden, and foes raging, a pair of evils enough to bring down the stoutest heart! As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so my soul panteth after thee, O God. As the hart brays so his soul prays. 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. : 1 For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah. "For I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God." This course of thought is repeated with some variety of detail, but closing with the same refrain. Salt meats, but healthful to the soul. To palpitate; to beat with preternatural violence or rapidity, as the heart in terror, or after hard labor, or in anxious desire or suspense. He roundly asserted that David was a bloody man, and that God was punishing him for supplanting Saul and his house; his wish was father to his thought. They had better have thrust needles into his eyes than have darted insinuations against his God. 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Neither the idea of panting nor braying seems to be in the original word. 3. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God? Display Title: As the hart panteth after the water brooks First Line: As the hart panteth after the water brooks Tune Title: [As the hart panteth after the water brooks] (Camidge) Scripture: Psalm 42; Psalm 43 Date: 1936 Subject: Prose Psalms | The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #708b. My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? א לַמְנַצֵּחַ, מַשְׂכִּיל לִבְנֵי-קֹרַח. Shimei may here be alluded to who after this fashion mocked David as he fled from Absalom. "When shall I come and appear before God?" See how pathetically he questions as to the prospect of his again uniting in the joyous gathering! so panteth my soul after thee, O God; being persecuted by men, and deprived of the word and worship of God, which occasioned a vehement desire after communion with him in his house and ordinances: some render the words, "as the field", or "meadow, desires the shower", &c. (e); or thirsts after it when parched with drought; see Isaiah 35:7; and by these metaphors, one or the other, is expressed the psalmist's violent and eager thirst after the enjoyment of God in public worship. This parallels what David says in Psalm 63: Just like in Psalm 63, Psalm 42 has a problem. There is an idea of tenderness in the reference to the word "hart" here - female deer, gazelle - which would not strike us if the reference had been to any other animal. Archive 2006-09-01. When he harped upon his woes his heart melted into water and was poured out upon itself. After his God, his Elohim (his God to be worshipped, who had entered into covenant with him), he pined even as the drooping flowers for the dew, or the moaning turtle for her mate. Psalm 42 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God. 42:1). 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. Ew. (e) Sept. & Symmachus apud Drusium. Surely they might have left the mourner alone; he could weep no more than he did - it was a supererogation of malice to pump more tears from a heart which already overflowed. Note how incessant was their jeer, and how artfully they framed it! My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? Because he lives, and gives to men the living water; therefore we, with greater eagerness, desire him. 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. - As the hart panteth after the water-brooks. - World English Bible To the Overseer. Harts are stags or male deer whereas hinds are female deer. After reading the verse I began to sing its message, right off the page. The hart often suffers from thirst in the dry and sandy countries where it lives-especially when pursued by the hunters; it then longs for water, and plunges with the greatest eagerness into the cooling stream. thirst is a perpetual appetite, and not to be forgotten, and even thus continual is the heart's longing after God. Verse 1. Yet why let reflections so gloomy engross us, since the result is of no value: merely to turn the soul on itself, to empty it from itself into itself is useless, how much better to pour out the heart before the Lord! Glory be to God, they lie in their throats, for our God is in the heavens, ay, and in the furnace too, succouring his people. When a man comes to tears, constant tears, plenteous tears, tears that fill his cup and trencher, he is in earnest indeed. So panteth my soul after thee, O God - So earnest a desire have I to come before thee, and to enjoy thy presence and thy favor. "Thirsteth." You alone are my heart's desire," All the best, ~ LadyD P.S. We do not know the exact re… Nothing could more beautifully or appropriately describe the earnest longing of a soul after God, in the circumstances of the psalmist, than this image. 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