“Hope”
What is the title
of Psalm 43? None. This is the SAME refrain as psalm 42.
Read Psalm 43:1-5
1 Vindicate me, O God, and
defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver
me!
2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let
them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in
turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and
my God.
What are we reminded in this Psalm?
Rejection by GOD – evil people, mourning, cast down
LET light & Truth LEAD ME, back to Holy Hill, your
presence HOPE
Read Psalm 44:1-3
1 O
God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days,
in the days of old:
2 you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples,
but them you set free;
3 for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.
in the days of old:
2 you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples,
but them you set free;
3 for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.
In whom did “our fathers” TRUST? Why?
God, he delivered them.
Read Psalm 44:4-8
4
You
are my King, O God; ordain salvation for Jacob!
5 Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
6 For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our foes and have put to shame those who hate us.
8 In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
5 Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
6 For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our foes and have put to shame those who hate us.
8 In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
Who do “I” TRUST? Why?
God. You saved us.
Read Psalm 44:9-16
9
But
you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with
our armies.
10 You have made us turn back from the foe, and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
11 You have made us like sheep for slaughter and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.
13 You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock[b] among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face
16 at the sound of the taunter and reviler, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
10 You have made us turn back from the foe, and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
11 You have made us like sheep for slaughter and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.
13 You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock[b] among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face
16 at the sound of the taunter and reviler, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
What is the problem?
BUT: God has rejected “us”. We are disgraced.
Read Psalm
44:17-22
17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten
you, and we have not been false to your
covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way;
19 yet you have broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
18 Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way;
19 yet you have broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
What is the bigger problem?
God has rejected “us”. EVENTHOUGH we have not forgotten you.
We did everything "right" but you were not with us.
Read Psalm
44:17-22
23 Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not
reject us forever!
24 Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground.
26 Rise up; come to our help! Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!
24 Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground.
26 Rise up; come to our help! Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!
What does the psalmist pray?
ACT for us. HELP us. REDEEM us, CHESED (mercy) us.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME?
What is the purpose of Psalm 44?
Describe history of people & personal trust in
God
Lament GOD is not acting now
Plead AWAKE –
act - help
What is the purpose of Psalm 43?
Lament cast down soul - sad
Remember trust/salvation in past, hope for future.
How does Christ fulfill these psalms?
God was separate from him. Jesus could pray these very words – BUT HE continued to TRUST.
Suffering brings about joy for Jesus (resurrection). Our suffering will end with joy, as well.
How can we pray Psalm 44?
Describe history of God's people is OUR history too & personal
trust in God
Lament GOD is not acting for US now
Plead AWAKE –
act – help
How can we pray Psalm 43?
Lament GOD is not acting for US now and we are SAD about it.
Remeber God did act for His people, He will act for us too.
Thy kingdom come.
What does this mean? The kingdom of God comes indeed without our prayer, of itself; but we pray in this petition that it may come unto us also.
How is this done? When our heavenly Father gives us His Holy Spirit, so that by His grace we believe His holy Word and lead a godly life here in time and yonder in eternity.
