Speaking Hope to the Weary Heart

Psalm 42

(with reference to 43) 

Rev. Bruce Brown

I.         The Psalmist's Sorrow (verses 1-4, 6-10) 

II.       The Psalmist's Strength (verses 5, 8, 11) 

III.  The Psalmist's Salvation (verses 1-4, 6) 

"There are countless lessons to learn from this Psalm... but perhaps the most urgent is this, the psalmist grieves, remembers, and composes himself with a sermon to his soul, not once, or even twice, but three times! The psalmist never felt as if he were being needlessly repetitive or that his pleadings were akin to nagging. Rather, he was spiritually relentless, refusing to concede the battle to his enemies, knowing that his God was the kind of God who quenches the thirst of those who faithfully seek him for the water of renewal and hope."  ~ Sam Storms