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Verse Psalms 29:8. _THE WILDERNESS OF KADESH._] This was on the
frontiers of Idumea and Paran. There may be a reference to some
terrible thunder-storm and earthquake which had occurred in that
place....
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SHAKETH THE WILDERNESS - Causes it to shake or to tremble. The word
used here means properly to dance; to be whirled or twisted upon
anything; to twist - as with pain - or, to writhe; and then, to
tre...
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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...
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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._...
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KADESH: i.e. Kadesh-Naphtali, near Lebanon (Psalms 29:6); not
Kadeshbarnea....
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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...
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_shaketh the wilderness_ Or, maketh the wilderness tremble. Cp. Psalms
96:9; Psalms 97:4; Psalms 114:7.
_the Lord … the wilderness of Kadesh_ Again with poetical effect
emphasising and specialising th...
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THE VOICE OF THE LORD DIVIDETH THE FLAMES, &C.— i.e. Casteth out
several slashes of lightning: the original word חצב _chotseb_
signifies to _cut out, divide,_ or _distribute;_ so the _thunder,_ or,
_t...
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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...
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_THE VOICE OF THE LORD SHAKETH THE WILDERNESS; THE LORD SHAKETH THE
WILDERNESS OF KADESH._
Shaketh the wilderness. The wilderness expresses the idea of vastness
and terror, such as Israel experienced...
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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...
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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...
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THE VOICE OF THE LORD SHAKETH. — Literally, _maketh to tremble._ The
allusion is, doubtless, to the effect of the storm on the sands of the
desert. The tempest has moved southward over Palestine, and...
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קֹ֣ול יְ֭הוָה יָחִ֣יל מִדְבָּ֑ר
יָחִ֥יל יְ֝הוָ֗ה...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the
wilderness of (f) Kadesh.
(f) In places most desolate, where it seems there is no presence of
God....
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Beauty. So Septuagint and Syriac have read ledre, (Calmet) instead of
leharri, "my mountain," Sion, which David had taken from the
Jebusites. The sense is much the same, though the reading of the
Sept...
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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...
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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...
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THE VOICE OF THE LORD SHAKETH THE WILDERNESS,.... The ground of it,
the trees in it, and the beasts that harbour there; and causes them to
be in pain, and to bring forth their young, as the g word sig...
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The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the
wilderness of Kadesh.
Ver. 8. _The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness_] _i.e._ The
beasts abiding in the wildernesses; the mos...
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_Divideth the flames of fire_ That is, casteth out many flashes of
lightning. The Hebrew, חצב, _chatzeb_, signifies _hews_, or _cuts
up_, _divides_, or _distributes._ “So the thunder, or voice of the...
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The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness, the mighty thunder
making the mighty wilderness tremble as in an earthquake; THE LORD
SHAKETH THE WILDERNESS OF KADESH, that of the Arabian Desert west of...
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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...
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SHAKETH:
Or, to be in pain...
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THE WILDERNESS, i.e. either the trees, or rather the beasts of the
wilderness, by a metonymy, as before, PSALMS 29:6. Compare this with
the next verse. KADESH; which he mentions as an eminent wilderne...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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[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...
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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 ...
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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....
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Haggai 2:21; Haggai 2:6; Hebrews 12:26; Isaiah 13:13; Job 9:6;...
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Kadesh — An eminent wilderness, vast and terrible, and well known to
the Israelites, and wherein possibly they had seen, and observed some
such effects of thunder....