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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Psalms 29:9

Will I. We must not cease to pray, (Worthington) as we are always beset with enemies. (Haydock) --- This text may be explained, "I prayed," that I might suffer instead of my people, 4 Kings xxiv. 17. (Calmet) --- But here the prophet seems rather to beg that he may not die, in order that he may publish God's praises. (Haydock)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 29:9. _MAKETH THE HINDS TO CALVE_] Strikes terror through all the tribes of animals; which sometimes occasions those which are pregnant to cast their young. This, I believe, to be the who...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE VOICE OF THE LORD MAKETH THE HINDS TO CALVE - The deer. The object of the psalmist here is to show the effects of the storm in producing consternation, especially on the weak and timid animals of...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 29 The judgment Storm _ 1. Give unto the Lord the glory of His Name (Psalms 29:1)_ 2. The day of the Lord described as a thunderstorm (Psalms 29:3) 3. The calm after the storm--the Lord is...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XXIX. Yahweh's glory in the storm (Psalms 29:1): He is enthroned for the protection of His people (Psalms 29:10 f.). PSALMS 29:1. THE SONS OF GOD (_mg._) are superhuman beings (_cf._...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TO CALVE. Through fright. DISCOVERETH. strippeth bare; or, layeth open to view. TEMPLE. palace: i.e. heaven itself. DOTH EVERY ONE SPEAK OF. doth every being there ascribe. See Psalms 29:1. Compare...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The exhibition of Jehovah's power which is the ground of the opening call to praise. His voice is heard in the pealing of the thunder above the storm-clouds (Psalms 29:3); the storm bursts, it shatter...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _maketh the hinds to calve_ Prematurely, in fear; an observed fact. There is no need to emend (though the change required would be very slight), _shaketh_(or, _pierceth) the oaks_. _discovereth_ i.e....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE VOICE OF THE LORD MAKETH THE HINDS TO CALVE— Mr. Fenwick translates this verse, The mighty oaks Jehovah's voice shall feel; 'Twill lay the woods and forests bare; All things his glory in his templ...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 29 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Glory in the Temple and in the Tempest: Jehovah's Kingship of Judgment in the Past and of Blessing in the Future. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 29:1-2, Angels Called to Wor...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THE VOICE OF THE LORD MAKETH THE HINDS TO CALVE, AND DISCOVERETH THE FORESTS: AND IN HIS TEMPLE DOTH EVERY ONE SPEAK OF HIS GLORY._ Hinds to calve The thunder strikes such terror into them that they...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    29:9 say, (a-22) Or perhaps, 'everything saith;' the Hebrew is the same as 'every one' in Isaiah 1:23 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MAKETH THE HINDS to CALVE] an actual effect of terrifying thunderstorms; or perhaps the meaning is, 'whirleth the oaks.' Discovereth] RV 'strippeth bare,' by the wind, or the strokes of lightning. HIS...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This is a Nature-Psalm, calling on the angels to praise God (Psalms 29:1), describing the manifestation of His power in the thunderstorm (Psalms 29:3) and the flood (Psalms 29:10), and ending with an...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MAKETH THE HINDS TO CALVE. — Literally, _maketh the hinds writhe_ (_with pain_). (See margin. Comp. Job 39:1, where the hind’s habit of hiding its young for safety is alluded to, a habit which the vio...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    קֹ֤ול יְהוָ֨ה ׀ יְחֹולֵ֣ל אַיָּלֹות֮ וַֽ יֶּחֱשֹׂ֪ף...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 29:1 THE core of this psalm is the magnificent description of the thunderstorm rolling over the whole length of the land. That picture is framed by two verses of introduction and two of conclus...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    PEACE AFTER STORM Psalms 29:1 This is a perfect specimen of Hebrew poetry, describing the march of a thunder-storm over Palestine from north to south. _ The prelude,_ Psalms 29:1, is addressed to th...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is a wonderful picture of a storm, viewed from the standpoint of one who is supremely conscious of Jehovah. The great name occurs oftener in this psalm than in any other in this first book, being...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to (g) calve, and (h) discovereth the forests: and in his (i) temple doth every one speak of [his] glory. (g) For fear makes them deliver their calves. (h) Mak...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These are all so many various descriptions of the astonishing power of God. By the voice of God in the kingdom of nature, no doubt, is meant the operations of God in nature. The thunder and the lightn...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    9._The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to bring forth _(615) A tacit comparison, as I have said, is here made. It is worse than irrational, it is monstrous, that men are not moved at God’s voice, wh...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 29 summons the mighty to hear the mightier voice of Jehovah, to own Him and worship before Him according to the holy order of His house, celebrating the power of His voice in universal creation...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE VOICE OF THE LORD MAKETH THE HINDS TO CALVE,.... Which being timorous creatures, the bringing forth of their young, which is naturally very painful and difficult, is lessened and facilitated by th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of [his] glory. Ver. 9. _The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve_] Which t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Maketh the hinds to calve_ Through the terror which it causeth, which hastens parturition in these and some other creatures. But he names _hinds_, because they usually bring forth their young with di...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ALMIGHTY POWER OF GOD'S VOICE IN HIS WORD. A psalm of David, the writing of which may have been occasioned by a terrible thunderstorm, but the description of which goes beyond the natural plane t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, in a premature delivery, brought on by the terror of the storm, AND DISCOVERETH THE FORESTS, stripping them bare, the very peelings of the bark being t...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    EVERY ONE SPEAK: Or, every whit of it uttereth etc....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    MAKETH THE HINDS TO CALVE, through the terror which it causeth, which hastens the birth in these and other places: see 1 SAMUEL 4:19. He nameth the HINDS, because they bring forth their young with dif...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 29:9 voice H6963 LORD H3068 deer H355 birth H2342 (H8787) strips H2834 (H8799) forests H3295 temple...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A VIVID DESCRIPTION OF THE MIGHTY AND UNFORGETTABLE STORM (PSALMS 29:3). The Psalmist now vividly describes the power and awesomeness of the storm, and ends up with visualising true believers shelteri...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Adoration of God's mighty power. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Let the crowns, the great ones of earth, acknowledge their dependence upon God and join in worship to the blessed and o...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Psalms 29:3. _The voice of the Lord,_ as heard in a tremendous storm of thunder and hail. The clouds at such a time assume peculiar forms, being charged with the electric fluid, which is diffused thro...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _In His temple doth every one speak of His glory._ NATURE’S SHOULD OF PRAISE “In His temple everything saith Glory!” The temple of which the psalmist here speaks is the temple of Nature. He believed...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Give unto the Lord glory and strength._ THE GLORY OF GOD’S GOVERNMENT IN THE NATURAL WORLD This psalm has been explained, but without sufficient reason, as telling of the power and progress of the G...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 29:1. This is a hymn of praise to God for his awesome power. A thunderstorm serves as a visible representation of God’s majestic voice. It seems reasonable to suppose that s...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 29:3 The thunderstorm represents of the VOICE OF THE LORD. The reader should imagine a magnificent storm coming eastward from the Mediterranean and sweeping through Israel, from t...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    [1] Note.—Thunder is extremely rare in Palestine during summer. Hence the miracle wrought by Samuel at the time of wheat-harvest must have made the greater impression on the people (1 Samuel 12:17). T...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS is a psalm of praise to God, and at the same time one intended to comfort and cheer his people. It consists of three parts: (1) An introduction (Psalms 29:1, Psalms 29:2), in which ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. Give to the LORD the glory that is due unto his name (Psalms 29:1-2); We have told you how that they reverence the name of God....

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 20:46; Isaiah 10:18; Isaiah 10:19; Isaiah 9:18; Job 39:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    To calve — Through the terror it causes, which hastens the birth. He names the hinds, because they bring forth their young with difficulty, Job 39:1. Discovereth — Heb. maketh bare, of its trees, whic...

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