Psalm 29 Commentary
Worship The LORD, Praise The LORD
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KEY THOUGHT: Worship the Lord in the [d]beauty of holiness. [Psalm 29:2b NKJV]
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Psalm 28 NKJV
Praise to God in His Holiness and Majesty
A Psalm of David.
29 Give[a] unto the Lord, O you mighty ones,
Give unto the Lord glory and strength.
2 [b]Give unto the Lord the glory [c]due to His name;
Worship the Lord in the [d]beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
The God of glory thunders;
The Lord is over many waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;
The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars,
Yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He makes them also skip like a calf,
Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord [e]divides the flames of fire.
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
The Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth,
And strips the forests bare;
And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!”
10 The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood,
And the Lord sits as King forever.
11 The Lord will give strength to His people;
The Lord will bless His people with peace.
Footnotes
a. Psalm 29:1 Ascribe
b. Psalm 29:2 Ascribe
c. Psalm 29:2 Lit. of His name
d. Psalm 29:2 majesty
e. Psalm 29:7 stirs up, lit. hews out
New King James Version (NKJV)
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Psalm 29 Commentary
Verse 1 addresses the “mighty ones” or the “heavenly beings”. Let them praise the LORD!
But then, everything else in the psalm talks about the voice of the LORD over the elements of nature.
Probably the mighty ones, or the heavenly beings, are transformed souls whose walk with the LORD is blameless. You cannot be a child of the Almighty without having bits and pieces of your Father!
The LORD speaks through the many majestic and wondrous elements of nature: The mystery of the flood waters thought to hang above the planetary surface, the thunder, the flashes of lightning, the earthquakes, the strong winds, and the storms. The LORD speaks or takes residence even in the barrenness of the desert.
The LORD is not confined within the limited scope of the saint’s imagination. Nor is the LORD only present in spaces defined by our knowledge. The LORD is actively present in nature. The material world perfectly answers to the commands of the LORD.
The desert may refer to the apparent thought of barrenness and the consequent thought of the absence of God from such nothingness. Yes, God is there, even in places of apparent obscurity.
Let the heavenly beings ascribe glory and strength to God’s name. Down here and from God’s temple, all cry, “Glory!” Heavenly and invisible, and earthly and visible; let all creation ascribe glory and strength to the LORD, exclusively.
Never mind the identity of the heavenly beings. It could be in this psalm or another psalm, David has talked about two worship spaces. One is covered by the heavenly beings, while the other is covered by mortals. Worship is based on the knowledge that glory and strength belong to the LORD.
The chapter conveys the LORD’s authority, power, and control over elements of nature. Interestingly, the psalmist only highlights the natural elements that have the appearance of disorder, unchecked and random character, and a sense of negative energy. The thought here could be that the LORD sits above this confusion rather than under it.
The saint can, therefore, draw encouragement from the thought that the raging wave of evil is still under the ultimate authority of the Creator God. At one point, it will all come to an end in obedience to the will and purposes of the LORD of Creation.
Interestingly, the psalmist closes with the statement that the LORD gives strength to His people; the LORD blesses His people with peace, peace being a component of the glory of God. Worship may, therefore, be described as the process of being Christ-like – in a manner that is consistent with the will of the Father. It is a call to righteousness and holy living.
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