Old Testament
Psalms 29
Heavenly Worship and Divine Thunder
Overview
The psalmist opens by summoning the celestial court to ascribe glory to God's name, then portrays the Lord's voice thundering sevenfold across the cosmos in a sweeping theophany, before closing with the image of the same sovereign God who reigns over the primordial Flood stooping to grant his people strength and peace as covenant gifts.
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Psalms 29
1A Psalm by David. Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
2Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Worship Yahweh in holy array.
3Yahweh’s voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.
4Yahweh’s voice is powerful. Yahweh’s voice is full of majesty.
5Yahweh’s voice breaks the cedars. Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
6He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox.
7Yahweh’s voice strikes with flashes of lightning.
8Yahweh’s voice shakes the wilderness. Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9Yahweh’s voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, “Glory!”
10Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.
11Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.