Psalm 29
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Ascribe Glory to the LORD
A Psalm of David.
1Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings,
ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
2Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name;
worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness.
3The voice of the LORD is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders;
the LORD is heard over many waters.
4The voice of the LORD is powerful;
the voice of the LORD is majestic.
5The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;
the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
6He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
and Sirion like a young wild ox.
7The voice of the LORD
strikes with flames of fire.
8The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness;
the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
9The voice of the LORD twists the oaks
and strips the forests bare.
And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
10The LORD sits enthroned over the flood;
the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
11The LORD gives His people strength;
the LORD blesses His people with peace.
Introduction
Psalms 29
It is the probable conjecture of some very good interpreters that David penned this psalm upon occasion, and just at the time, of a great storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, as the eighth psalm was his meditation in a moon-light night and the nineteenth in a sunny morning. It is good to take occasion from the sensible operations of God's power in the kingdom of nature to give glory to him. So composed was David, and so cheerful, even in a dreadful tempest, when others trembled, that then he penned this psalm; for, "though the earth be removed, yet will we not fear." I. He calls upon the great ones of the world to give glory to God (Psa 29:1, Psa 29:2). II. To convince them of the goodness of that God whom they were to adore, he takes notice of his power and terror in the thunder, and lightning, and thunder-showers (Psa 29:3-9), his sovereign dominion over the world (Psa 29:10), and his special favour to his church (Psa 29:11). Great and high thoughts of God should fill us in singing this psalm.
A psalm of David.
Cross-references: Ps 29:1 · Ps 29:2 · Ps 29:3 · Ps 29:10 · Ps 29:11