Thursday
Evening Bible Study
February
25, 2016
Introduction
Do people see Jesus? Is the gospel
preached? Does it address the person who is: Empty, lonely, guilty, or afraid
to die? Does it speak to the broken
hearted? Does it build up the church? Milk – Meat – Manna Preach for a decision
Is the church loved? Target 3300 words
Video = 75 wpm
The English word psalm comes from a Greek word that means “a poem
sung to musical accompaniment”, or in particular, “stringed instruments”.
The Hebrew name is tehillim, which means
“praises.”
The book of Psalms is the hymnbook of God’s people.
It’s also the “Him” book as well. It’s all about Jesus.
We saw the writer of Hebrews last week quoting from Psalm 40:8 when he wrote,
(Hebrews 10:7 NKJV)
Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come— In the
volume of the book it is written of Me— To do Your will, O God.’ ”
The author was talking about Jesus.
We’re going to see a lot of Jesus in the Psalms.
Soul Music
Music touches the soul. It’s “soulish” in nature. It touches the emotions.
We’re going to find every kind of emotion possible expressed in the Psalms.
For every sigh there is a Psalm.
For most of us, this is what makes
the Psalms so wonderful. We can identify. We can relate.
If we were honest, even darkest
most depressing Psalms describe the very things we go through day by day.
It is my prayer that as we continue
on this journey through the Psalms, we won’t just look at these songs
academically, with our mind, but that we may also grow as worshippers.
Psalm 41 - Betrayal
: To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
:1 Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
:2 The Lord will preserve him
and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on
the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
:3 The Lord will strengthen
him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed.
:3 The Lord will
strengthen him
Lesson
Think of others
Here’s the principle: If you are a person who has compassion and helps
others, then God will help you.
It doesn’t promise that others will help you, but God will help you.
David helped others, but he also experienced betrayal from those close to
him (vs. 9)
When you are going through difficult times, sometimes all you can think
about is your own self.
Sometimes we need to get our eyes off of our own selves and think about
helping those around us.
Illustration
Years ago, Dr. Karl Menninger of the Menninger Clinic was asked, “If
someone felt a nervous breakdown coming on, what would you suggest that he do?”
“If you feel a nervous breakdown coming on, I would urge you to find
somebody else with a problem—a serious one—and get involved with that
individual, helping him solve his problem.” In helping him to solve his
problem, then in reality your own problem is going to disappear. You’re no
longer thinking internally. You’re no longer letting things gnaw at your
stomach. You’re no longer getting disturbed about yourself because you’re not
thinking about yourself. You’re thinking about others. I don’t know what your
objective in life might be, but there is something each one of us can do.
Jesus said,
(Matthew 5:7 NKJV) Blessed are
the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.
Of course as with most things, there’s a limit to this …
Illustration
A weekend fisherman looked over the side of his boat and saw
a snake with a frog in its mouth. Feeling sorry for the frog, he reached down,
gently removed the frog from the snake’s mouth and let the frog go free. But
now he felt sorry for the hungry snake. Having no food, he took out a flask of
bourbon and poured a few drops into the snake’s mouth. The snake swam away
happy, the frog was happy and the man was happy for having performed such good
deeds. He thought all was well until a few minutes passed and he heard
something knock against the side of his boat and looked down. With stunned
disbelief, the fisherman saw the snake was back, with two frogs.
I guess you have to be careful how you show kindness to
snakes.
:4 I said, “Lord, be merciful
to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
:4 Lord, be merciful to me
David has made a case that God will take care and heal the person who is
concerned for the poor.
I think David has stated the case because he is looking to God to help him,
to “heal” his soul.
:5 My enemies speak evil of me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
:6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies; His heart gathers
iniquity to itself; When he goes out, he tells it.
:7 All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my
hurt.
:8 “An evil disease,” they say, “clings to him. And now that
he lies down, he will rise up no more.”
:9 Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who
ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.
:9 Even my own familiar friend
In the Biblical world, eating bread together is something reserved for
friends.
It’s why the Pharisees were so upset when Jesus would eat with sinners.
This gives us a possible clue as to when this psalm might have been
written. It might date back to the time
of Absalom’s rebellion.
David is probably talking about a man named Ahithophel,
who was one of David’s trusted friends and advisors.
Ahithophel was such a smart man that when he
spoke, people trusted his advice as if God Himself were speaking.
(2 Samuel 16:23
NKJV) Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he
gave in those days, was as if one had inquired at the oracle of God. So was
all the advice of Ahithophel both with David and with
Absalom.
Ahithophel had close ties with David besides
being one of his main advisors. His son Eliam was one
of David’s “Mighty Men”:
(2 Samuel 23:34
NKJV) …Eliam the son of Ahithophel
the Gilonite,
It’s interesting to note that Bathsheba’s father was also named Eliam:
(2
Samuel 11:3 NKJV) …And someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the
daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
It’s very possible that Ahithophel
was Bathsheba’s grandfather.
When David’s son Absalom rebelled against his father, one of the first
people Absalom asked to join him was Ahithophel. I
think it highly likely that Ahithophel was carrying a
grudge against David for his adulterous relationship with Bathsheba. You can see it as the story unfolds.
After Absalom marched into Jerusalem
with his troops, he asked his advisors for counsel. Ahithophel
suggested to Absalom that he take the ten concubines that David had left behind
and have sex with them in a tent on the roof of the palace for the whole nation
to witness. Ahithophel wanted Absalom to show such
incredible disrespect to his father that everyone would know that Absalom was
in complete control.
If Ahithophel was Bathsheba’s grandfather, was he
justified in what he did to David? I don’t think so. We need to learn to work
things out with each other and let God handle the revenge.
Prophetic – Our passage has
prophetic significance. Jesus knew it
was speaking about His own betrayer, Judas.
Jesus said,
(John 13:18 NKJV) “I do not
speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture
may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel
against Me.’
Jesus knew that one of those closest to Him would betray Him.
While we might understand some of Ahithophel’s
reasoning in his actions, there was no reason for Judas’ actions.
Lesson
Jesus understands
Being betrayed by someone close to you is one of the deepest wounds.
There’s not much worse in life than letting someone get close to you,
letting down your guard, and then they hurt you deeply.
It makes you want to stop trusting
anyone.
Jesus understands what that is all
about.
(John 13:21–30 NKJV) —21
When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in
spirit, and testified and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, one of you will
betray Me.” 22 Then the disciples
looked at one another, perplexed about whom He spoke. 23
Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His
disciples, whom Jesus loved. 24 Simon
Peter therefore motioned to him to ask who it was of whom He spoke. 25
Then, leaning back on Jesus’ breast, he said to Him,
“Lord, who is it?” 26 Jesus
answered, “It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it.”
And having dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son
of Simon. 27 Now after the piece of
bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.” 28 But no one at the table knew for what reason He said this to him.
29 For some thought, because Judas had the
money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy those things we need for the
feast,” or that he should give something to the poor. 30
Having received the piece of bread, he then went out
immediately. And it was night.
Don’t think that because Jesus knew
that Judas would betray Him that He didn’t love Judas. He continued to show
Judas love right up to the end. The giving of the “piece of bread” (bread
dipped in sauce) was a sign of love and friendship.
Jesus treated Judas with the same
kind of love He treated the other fellows, so much that none of them had a clue
that it was Judas who would betray Jesus.
Others may not understand what you have gone through, but Jesus most
certainly does.
(Hebrews 4:15–16
NKJV) —15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our
weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet
without sin. 16 Let us
therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in time of need.
:10 But You, O Lord, be
merciful to me, and raise me up, That I may repay them.
:11 By this I know that You are well pleased with me, Because my enemy does
not triumph over me.
:12 As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And set me before Your face
forever.
:13 Blessed be the Lord
God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.
:13 Blessed be the Lord
This type of phrase is called a “doxology”, meaning a “word of praise”.
The book of Psalms is actually divided up into 5 smaller books.
Each “book” ends with a similar doxology.
Book 1: Ps. 1-41
Book 2: Ps. 42-72
For example, look at …
(Psalm 72:18–20
NKJV) —18 Blessed be the Lord
God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things! 19 And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the
whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen. 20 The prayers
of David the son of Jesse are ended.
Book 3: Ps. 73-89
(Psalm 89:52 NKJV) Blessed be
the Lord forevermore! Amen and Amen.
Book 4: Ps. 90-106
(Psalm 106:48 NKJV) Blessed be
the Lord God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord!
Book 5: Ps. 107-150
The entire last Psalm, 150, is a doxology, a praise to God.
(Psalm 150:1–6 NKJV) —1 Praise the
Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him
in His mighty firmament! 2 Praise Him
for His mighty acts; Praise Him
according to His excellent greatness! 3 Praise Him
with the sound of the trumpet; Praise Him
with the lute and harp! 4 Praise Him
with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! 5 Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals! 6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the
Lord!
Psalm 42 – Hope from Despair
: To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the Sons of Korah.
A Contemplation
The Hebrew word is maskiyl,
which means a “song or poem of contemplation”
Psalm 32 was also a maskiyl. There are 13 of these in the Psalms (32, 42,
44, 45, 52, 53, 54, 74, 78, 88, 89, 142)
It’s a song that’s designed to make you “think”.
of the Sons of Korah
Korah was a Levite in Moses’ day who led a
rebellion against Moses’ leadership (Num. 16).
Even though God killed Korah and those who
followed him, his children did not die.
(Numbers 26:11
NKJV) Nevertheless the children of Korah did
not die.
His sons would eventually be some of the main worship leaders in the
Temple.
Quite a picture of God’s grace.
Don’t think that you’re condemned to follow the pattern of your parents.
There are 11 Psalms connected to the Sons of Korah.
It may be that these psalms were written by the sons of Korah, or it could equally
be that they were written for the
sons of Korah to perform in the Temple. The language supports both.
Up to this point, there have been
four other Psalms that have not had David’s name on them:
Psalm
1, 2, 10, 33
Yet those are not attributed to
anyone else either, and may be David’s.
Up to this point, this is the first
of the Psalms that is attributed to someone other than David. It does start a new “book” of the Psalms.
Psalm 42-43 are considered two parts of the same song.
J. Vernon McGee has an interesting
view of this “book” of Psalms.
He calls them the “Exodus” psalms
because there are some parallel themes to the children of Israel and their
Exodus from Egypt.
He also sees them as having a
prophetic nature, perhaps being a picture of what the nation of Israel might be
thinking and going through in the Great Tribulation.
:1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God.
Just as an animal needs water to survive, our souls need God to survive.
:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and
appear before God?
:2 My soul thirsts for God
The writer has been cut off from God.
He has been unable to get to the Tabernacle and meet with God.
If this was David writing this, it could have been while he was on the run
from Saul, or from his son Absalom…
Either way, David misses God so much it aches.
Lesson
Thirst for God
Illustration
There is an ancient tale from India about a young man who was
seeking God. He went to a wise old sage for help. “How can I find God?” he
asked the old man. The old man took him to a nearby river. Out they waded into
the deep water. Soon the water was up just under their chins. Suddenly the old
man seized the young man by the neck and pushed him under the water. He held
the young man down until the young man was flailing the water in desperation. Another
minute and he may well have drowned. Up out of the water the two of them came.
The young man was coughing water from his lungs and still gasping for air. Reaching
the bank he asked the man indignantly, “What did that have to do with my
finding God?” The old man asked him quietly, “While you were under the water,
what did you want more than anything else?” The young man thought for a minute
and then answered, “I wanted air. I wanted air more than anything else?” The
old man replied, “When you want God as much as you wanted air, you will find
him.”
Jesus met a woman at a well of
water and had a conversation with her about thirst:
(John 4:13–14 NKJV) —13 Jesus
answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never
thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of
water springing up into everlasting life.”
We all know about
the deep inner thirst. The problem is that we so often try to fill it with all
sorts of things, things that can’t satisfy.
(John 7:37–39 NKJV)
—37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood
and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who
believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of
living water.” 39
But
this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive;
for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet
glorified.
It’s this work of the Holy Spirit in our lives that brings that deep
satisfaction. So much that it can be within us a well of water that soaks those
around us as well.
If we have this thirst for God, and we come to Jesus and
trust in Him and receive, He will fill us with His Spirit.
But it all starts with a thirst.
:3 My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to
me, “Where is your God?”
:4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. For I
used to go with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God, With the
voice of joy and praise, With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.
:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted
within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him For the help of His
countenance.
:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul?
The writer is discouraged and depressed.
He handles his discouragement by talking to himself.
He’s talking to his own “soul”, to himself.
Sometimes it’s quite healthy to talk to yourself.
We sing a song with the line, “Bless the Lord, O my soul…”
The line is used in several psalms, including:
(Psalm 103:1 NKJV) Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that
is within me, bless His holy name!
You actually have a say in what goes on in your “soul”.
You may not always feel like you have any control over
your feelings, but you may have more than you realize.
:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me; Therefore I will remember You
from the land of the Jordan, And from the heights of Hermon, From the Hill
Mizar.
:6 the land of the Jordan
Talking about the Jordan river valley.
The Jordan River flows from northern Israel into the Dead Sea, the
lowest place on the planet.
:6 from the heights of Hermon
Hermon is the tallest mountain in Israel, 9,000 feet, located about 40
miles northeast of the Sea of Galilee.
:6 From the Hill Mizar
Not real sure on this location. Some
suggest it is one of the mountain peaks in the range of Mount Hermon.
It’s almost as if David is saying that He remembers God from the lowest
place, to the highest place, and everything in between.
All these places are not Jerusalem.
All these places are not where David knows God’s presence is.
Lesson
Everywhere
When Jesus met the Samaritan woman at the well, they had a discussion about
where God was to be worshipped.
They were near Mt. Gerizim at the time in Samaria. The Samaritans believed God must be
worshipped on Gerizim.
(John 4:21–24 NKJV)
—21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you
will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 You worship
what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour
is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in
spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is
Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
In David’s day, the worship of God was still limited to Jerusalem and he
has to “remember” God from everywhere else.
In our day, we have no such limitations.
We don’t just “remember” Him, we can “worship” Him
wherever we are.
:7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; All Your waves and
billows have gone over me.
:7 Deep calls unto deep
deep – t@howm – deep,
depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea
waterfalls – tsinnuwr – pipe,
spout, conduit, water conduit
waves – mishbar – breaker,
breaking (of sea)
billows – gal –
heap, spring, wave, billow
The language that the psalmist is using describes great despair.
Lesson
Great despair
It’s as if the psalmist feels like the deep end of the pool is “alive” and
“deep” is crying out to “deep” to come and pull the swimmer beneath the water.
Spurgeon writes,
“Atlantic rollers sweeping in ceaseless succession over one’s head,
waterspouts coming nearer and nearer, and all the ocean in uproar around the
weary swimmer; most of the heirs of heaven can realize the description, for
they have experienced the like. This is a deep experience unknown to babes in
grace, but common enough to such as do business on great waters of affliction”
The Psalmist is describing despair.
Illustration
As the Lone Ranger and Tonto were riding along towards the
north, they spotted a war party of about 50 Apaches coming at them. They turned
south, but another war party appeared. They turned east and met another party
of 100 braves. They turned west as their last remaining hope and saw a party of
500. The Lone Ranger turned to his friend and said, “Well, faithful friend,
this is the end, there’s not much we can do.” Tonto looked back at the Lone
Ranger. “What you mean WE, white man?”
Ever felt like that?
:8 The Lord will command His
lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with
me— A prayer to the God of my life.
:9 I will say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go
mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
:10 As with a breaking of my bones, My enemies reproach me, While
they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
:11 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
remember Psalm 42 & 43 go together…
Psalm 43 – Hope from Despair
:1 Vindicate me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh,
deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!
:1 Vindicate – shaphat – to
judge, govern, vindicate, punish
The Psalmist wants God to pronounce judgment and show everyone that he’s
not a bad person.
:2 For You are the God of my strength; Why do You cast me off? Why
do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
:2 Why do You cast me off?
It’s not that God has cast off the Psalmist, but it feels that way some
times. Be honest with God.
Even though the real truth is this:
(Romans 8:38–39
NKJV) —38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor
principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height
nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the
love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
:3 Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring
me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle.
:3 Let them bring me to Your holy hill
“Your holy hill” is Jerusalem, which for David, is where God is.
Lesson
Led by truth
Light and truth are synonymous here.
Truth is what leads us to “Jerusalem”, to where God is.
But sometimes truth is a little difficult to swallow.
Illustration
Grandma and the Cake
A little girl is telling her Grandma how “everything” is going wrong.
School, family problems, feeling sick, etc.. Meanwhile, Grandma is baking a
cake. She asks her granddaughter if she would like a snack, which of course she
does. “Here, have some cooking oil.” “Yuck” says the girl. “How about a couple
raw eggs? “ “Gross, Grandma!” “Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking
soda?” “Grandma, those are all yucky!” To which Grandma replies: “Yes, all
those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the
right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake! God works the same way. Many
times we wonder why he would let us go through such bad and difficult times.
But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work
for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make
something wonderful!”
Hold on to the truth. Give the cake
time to bake. See what God is going to
do, don’t shortcut the process by bailing.
The same works for lobsters…
:4 Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And on the
harp I will praise You, O God, my God.
:4 Then I will go to the altar of God
When the Psalmist gets to Jerusalem, he will go straight to the
Temple/Tabernacle.
When God leads with truth, he will worship.
:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
:5 Hope in God
This is now the third time the Psalmist has repeated this phrase (42:5;
42:11; 43:5).
cast down – shachach – (Hithpolel) to be cast down, be despairing
In another form, this Hebrew word
is used to describe worship – bowing down before God. Here it describes a soul in despair.
disquieted – hamah – to murmur,
growl, roar, cry aloud, mourn, rage
hope – yachal – (Hiphil) to wait, tarry, wait for, hope for
help – y@shuw‘ah –
salvation, deliverance; welfare, prosperity; victory
Very similar to the name “Joshua”
(or, Jesus) which means “Yahweh is salvation”.
countenance – paniym – face;
presence, person
Lesson
Hope in Him
We need to keep going and let God work things out. We need to keep taking those steps of faith,
keep doing the things we know we ought to be doing.
God will work things out.
Illustration
Hope Delivers
Hope delivers us from the despair
that nothing we do matters, and enables us to tackle even the most menial job
with vigor. Elmer Bendiner tells the remarkable story
of a B-17 bomber that flew a bombing mission over Germany in the latter days of
World War II. The plane was hit several times by shells and flak, with some of
the hits directly in the fuel tank. Miraculously, the bomber did not explode.
When it landed, eleven unexploded twenty-millimeter shells were taken out of
the fuel tank! The shells were dismantled, and to the amazement of everyone, all
were empty of explosives. Inside of one shell was a note written in Czech.
Translated, it read, “This is all we can do for you now.” A member of the Czech
underground, working in a German munitions factory, had omitted the explosives
in at least eleven of the twenty-millimeter shells on his assembly line.
That worker must have wondered
often if the quiet work he was doing to subvert the Nazi war effort was going
to make any difference whatsoever to the outcome of the war.
- Ben Patterson, The Grand Essentials
The imprisoned factory worker kept
going and didn’t quit.
It is important that our hope is in the right thing.
Some people put their hope in their expected outcome.
They hope that things will turn out in the relationship
that is broken.
They hope that they will get that one special job they’ve
been applying for.
They hope that they will be healed from the illness they
have.
The problem is – sometimes those things we hope for are
not in God’s best, bigger picture for you.
Sometimes God is not going to fix the relationship, or
sometimes not yet.
Sometimes God may have a different job for you.
Sometimes God says “no” to healing a disease.
It may not be your lack of faith that keeps you from being
healed.
It may be so that you can learn like Paul did,
(2
Corinthians 12:8–9 NKJV) —8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord
three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength
is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my
infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
The Psalmist’s hope was not in the outcome, but in God.
Put your trust in Him, that He will work things out the way they should be.
(Romans 8:28 NKJV) And we know
that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are
the called according to His purpose.
Be careful that you don’t demand God do things your way,
as if your definition of “good” is the best.
God knows what’s best.
Songs (from Ps. 42)
D A/C# Bm7
/A
As the deer panteth for the water
G A D
Asus
So my soul longeth after Thee
D A/C# Bm7 /A
You alone are my heart's desire
G A
D /C#
And I long to worship Thee
Bm
/A Gmaj7 F#m
You alone are my strength, my shield
G Bm Em F#sus F#
To You alone may my spirit yield
D A/C# Bm7 /A
You alone are my heart's desire
G A
D
And I long to worship Thee
As The Deer / Words & Music by Martin Nystrom / © 1984 Maranatha! Music /
AsTheDee.doc
Intro
Verse (all
vocals) – Chorus
Verse - Chorus
Inst. Verse -
Chorus
Ending: “Holy Spirit Come”
Intro: E G#m A F#m7 G#m7 A
E
All who are thirsty
G#m
All who are weak
A
Come to the fountain
F#m7 G#m7 A
Dip your heart in the stream of life
B E
Let the pain and the sorrow
G#m
Be washed away
A
In the waves of His mercy
F#m7 G#m7
A
As deep cries out to deep
B7 E
E2 Esus
E A
And we say, "Come Lord Jesus Come" (4x)
"Holy Spirit Come"
All Who Are Thirsty / Words & Music by Brenton Brown
& Glenn Robertson / ©
1998 by Vineyard Songs UK / Thirsty.doc