Psalms 29:1
GIVE] in the sense of 'ascribe.' MIGHTY] RV 'sons of the mighty.' The angels are meant.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVE] in the sense of 'ascribe.' MIGHTY] RV 'sons of the mighty.' The angels are meant.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 assurance of His favour to His people.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS] RM 'holy array,' like the robes of the priests in an earthly sanctuary.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VOICE OF THE LORD] the thunder. The phrase occurs seven times in the Ps. THE WATERS] not of the sea, but of the storm-cloud: see Psalms 18:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CEDARS] the strongest trees, yet riven in the thunderstorm.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEM] the mountains which the thunder shakes, besides breaking the trees that grow on them. SIRION] Hermon. Lebanon and Her-mon are the highest mountains in Palestine. UNICORN] RV 'wild-ox.'... [ Continue Reading ]
DIVIDETH (RV 'cleaveth,' RM 'heweth') THE FLAMES OF FIRE] The reference is to the sharp, pointed lightning flashes which accompany the thunder. 8. THE WILDERNESS OF KADESH] in the extreme S. of Palestine, as Lebanon and Hermon are in the extreme N.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 TEMPLE] or palace, is not the great temple of Nature, but heaven itself, where the angels minister... [ Continue Reading ]
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 disclosed remain unchanged, and this is the ground of the assurance expressed in Psalms 29:11, which is a... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVE STRENGTH] The power of this mighty God is given to His people as they need it: see Isaiah 40:29.... [ Continue Reading ]