Psalm 42:1-11 As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after you, O God. I. THE CAUSES OF THIS SPIRITUAL THIRST. 1. Admiration of the Divine attributes. 2. Love for the Divine Being, 3. A lively sense of Divine goodness in the dispensation of both temporal and spiritual benefits. 4. A deep sense of his wants as a sinner. 5. A conviction of the inadequacy of his inward sources of happiness, and of the unsatisfying nature of all sublunary enjoyments. 6. The afflictions which he is called to endure. II. THE MEANS BY WHICH THE CHRISTIAN SEEKS TO GRATIFY THIS SPIRITUAL THIRST. 1. The studious reading of God's Word. 2. The exercise of devout and holy contemplation. 3. Prayer and praise. 4. Avoidance of sin. 5. Eye fixed on heaven. (G. Thacker.) Parallel Verses KJV: {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.WEB: As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God. |
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