Sermon Notes

Songs and Sayings - The Wisdom Books
"Why So Downcast O My Soul"
Pastor Dave Scherrer
July 29, 2007

Psalm 43

Vindicate me, O God,
       and plead my cause against an ungodly nation;
       rescue me from deceitful and wicked men.

  2 You are God my stronghold.
       Why have you rejected me?
       Why must I go about mourning,
       oppressed by the enemy?

  3 Send forth your light and your truth,
       let them guide me;
       let them bring me to your holy mountain,
       to the place where you dwell.

  4 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.

  5 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.

NOTES:

Book Two Psalm 42-72

• Truth in Action

The Psalmist Divided Soul

• Happy - Sad

How the Psalmist Deals With It

• First he speaks to God
• Second he speaks to himself

Perspective, Faith, Hope, Purpose

• Being conformed to the image of Christ