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Psalm 29
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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A Psalm of David.
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Footnotes
- a 29:1 ye mighty: Heb. ye sons of the mighty
- b 29:2 the glory…: Heb. the honour of his name
- c 29:2 in…: or, in his glorious sanctuary
- d 29:3 many: or, great
- e 29:4 powerful: Heb. in power
- f 29:4 full…: Heb. in majesty
- g 29:7 divideth: Heb. cutteth out
- h 29:9 to calve: or, to be in pain
- i 29:9 doth…: or, every whit of it uttereth, etc
Ascribe Glory to the LORD
A Psalm of David.
1Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings,footnote aascribe to the LORD glory and strength. 2Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name;worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness.footnote b
3The voice of the LORD is over the waters;the God of glory thunders;the LORD is heard over many waters. 4The voice of the LORD is powerful;the voice of the LORD is majestic. 5The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon. 6He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,and Sirionfootnote clike a young wild ox.
7The voice of the LORDstrikes with flames of fire. 8The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness;the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh. 9The voice of the LORD twists the oaksfootnote dand strips the forests bare.And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
10The LORD sits enthroned over the flood;the LORD is enthroned as King forever. 11The LORD gives His people strength;the LORD blesses His people with peace.
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