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Psalms 29:10-11

PSALM—NOTE ON Psalms 29:10 The temple (v. Psalms 29:9) is the place where God sits enthroned (Psalms 9:11; Psalms 22:3) as king forever, especially over his people. The word for flood here is used elsewhere only of Noah’s flood (Genesis 6:17). Just as in that great flood, God’s power makes distinctions between the faithful and the unfaithful.

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See also Psalms 29:10-11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 29:10. _THE LORD SITTETH UPON THE FLOOD_] יהוה למבול ישב _Jehovah lammabbul yasheb_, "Jehovah sat upon the deluge." It was Jehovah that commanded those waters to be upon the earth. He di...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE LORD SITTETH UPON THE FLOOD - God is enthroned upon the flood, or presides over it. The obvious meaning is, that God is enthroned upon the storm, or presides over that which produces such constern...

  • 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

    SITTETH UPON THE FLOOD. Corresponding with Psalms 29:3. "sat enthroned at the flood", referring to Genesis. Hebrew. _mabbul,_ from _yabal,_ to flow. Occurs only here and Genesis 6:17; Genesis 7:6;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Lord sat _as king_at the Flood; yea, the Lord sitteth as king for ever (R.V.). According to the A.V. _the flood_appears to mean the deluge of rain which falls in the storm. But the word _mabbûl_...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Conclusion. The storm passes, but HE whose glory it declares is the Eternal King, the Judge of the world, the Guardian of His people. Awful as is His power, they need not fear. To them it speaks of pe...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE LORD SITTETH UPON THE FLOOD— _The Lord sat upon the deluge._ "The Lord sat, and shall for ever sit, king over all this tremendous scene of desolation; directing it as he pleases, to the good of hi...

  • 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 LORD SITTETH UPON THE FLOOD; YEA, THE LORD SITTETH KING FOR EVER._ The conclusion applies to the case of God's people the lesson of confidence in the power of Yahweh their God, to be derived fro...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    29:10 flood; (b-5) The word used in Genesis 6:17 of the deluge....

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SITTETH UPON THE FLOOD] RV 'sat _as king_ at the Flood,' the great traditional convulsion of nature (Genesis 7:8), which revealed God's mercy as well as His power and wrath. The attributes then disclo...

  • 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

    THE LORD SITTETH. — Better, _Jehovah was throned upon the flood, and Jehovah will be throned a king for ever._ The word translated “flood” is exclusively, except in this place, applied to the Deluge ...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְ֭הוָה לַ † מַּבּ֣וּל יָשָׁ֑ב וַ יֵּ֥שֶׁב...

  • 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 LORD sitteth upon the (k) flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever. (k) To moderate the rage of the tempests and waters that they not destroy all....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    PSALM XXIX. (EXALTABO TE DOMINE.) David praiseth God for his deliverance, and his merciful dealings with him. Profit. The wicked on his death bed, cannot pray thus, as the justice of God is interest...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What a beautiful thought to quiet every troubled mind, arises out of this view of the Lord. Let what will arise, or what storm soever, Jesus governs all. It is he which sitteth upon the circle of the...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE BLESSING OF PEACE_ ‘The Lord shall give His people the blessing of peace.’ Psalms 29:10 (Prayer Book Version) I. OF ALL THE BLESSINGS WHICH GOD BESTOWS UPON HIS CHILDREN, THERE ARE FEW MORE TO...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    10._Jehovah sitteth upon the flood. _Some think that David here alludes to that memorable instance of God’s vengeance, when he drowned the world at once by the flood, (618) and thus testified to all a...

  • 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 LORD SITTETH UPON THE FLOOD,.... Noah's flood; which is always designed by the word here used, the Lord sat and judged the old world for its wickedness, and brought a flood upon them, and destroye...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever. Ver. 10. _The Lord sitteth upon the flood_] He reigned in that general deluge in Noah's days, Genesis 6:7, and doth still over th...

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

    _The Lord sitteth upon the flood_ He moderates and rules the most abundant and violent effusions of waters which are sometimes poured from the clouds, and fall upon the earth, where they cause inundat...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord sitteth upon the flood, He sat upon the throne of His judgment when He condemned the godless world and punished the wicked through the catastrophe of the Flood; YEA, THE LORD SITTETH KING FOR...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    He moderateth and ruleth (which is oft signified by sitting, this being the posture of a judge, or ruler; of which see PSALMS 9:7 47:8 JOEL 3:12) the most abundant and violent inundations of waters, w...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 29:10 LORD H3068 sat H3427 (H8804) Flood H3999 LORD H3068 sits H3427 (H8799) King H4428 forever...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THIS MIGHTY PHENOMENON, AND ITS LIMITATION, ARISES BECAUSE YHWH IS SEATED IN POWER IN CONTROL OF HIS CREATION, PARADOXICALLY AIMING THROUGH THE STORM TO GIVE STRENGTH TO HIS PEOPLE AND TO GIVE THEM PE...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 29:10 I. The form of the expression brings before us the peculiar conception of the universe in the ancient Hebrew mind. Even in the narrative of the Creation in Genesis the waters above the fi...

  • 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

    _The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever: _ GOD’S THRONE UPON THE FLOOD; OR, DIVINE CONTROL There is a well-known line of an English poet, which tells us to “look throug...

  • 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 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

    1 Timothy 1:17; Daniel 2:44; Genesis 6:17; Genesis 8:1; Genesis 8:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The flood — The most violent waters, which sometimes fall from the clouds upon the earth. These are fitly mentioned, as being many times the companions of great thunders. And this may be alleged as an...

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