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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Psalms 29:8

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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See also Psalms 29:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    KADESH: i.e. Kadesh-Naphtali, near Lebanon (Psalms 29:6); not Kadeshbarnea....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • 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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • 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 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...

  • 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

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    קֹ֣ול יְ֭הוָה יָחִ֣יל מִדְבָּ֑ר יָחִ֥יל יְ֝הוָ֗ה...

  • 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 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....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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 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 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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SHAKETH: Or, to be in pain...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 29:8 voice H6963 LORD H3068 shakes H2342 (H8799) wilderness H4057 LORD H3068 shakes H2342 (H8799) Wilderness...

  • 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

    _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

    Haggai 2:21; Haggai 2:6; Hebrews 12:26; Isaiah 13:13; Job 9:6;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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....

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