_GIVE UNTO THE LORD, O YE MIGHTY, GIVE UNTO THE LORD GLORY AND STRENGTH._ The voice of Yahweh is so all-powerful, that, however weak the Church be, and however strong her foes, He will give her "strength" and "peace." Psalms 29:1.-Call to the sons of the mighty to glorify Yahweh's might (Psalms 29:1... [ Continue Reading ]
_GIVE UNTO THE LORD THE GLORY DUE UNTO HIS NAME; WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS._ Glory due unto his name - namely, the glory which is His due because of His name; i:e., His manifested attributes, His power, wisdom, and goodness. BEAUTY OF HOLINESS, х_ BªHADRAT_ (H1927) _ QODESH_ (H694... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE VOICE OF THE LORD IS UPON THE WATERS: THE GOD OF GLORY THUNDERETH: THE LORD IS UPON MANY WATERS._ One, singled out of many grounds, why the sons of God in heaven and those on earth should "give unto the Lord glory and strength" (Psalms 29:1) - namely, His sublime Majesty awfully revealed in th... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE VOICE OF THE LORD IS POWERFUL; THE VOICE OF THE LORD IS FULL OF MAJESTY._ The voice ... powerful ... majesty - Hebrew, 'is in power,' 'is in majesty.' The "in" [bª-] implies that 'power' and "majesty" are attributes IN which Yahweh is essentially and inseparably invested.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE VOICE OF THE LORD BREAKETH THE CEDARS; YEA, THE LORD BREAKETH THE CEDARS OF LEBANON._ The voice ... the cedars. "The cedars" are specified, being the stateliest of trees; among them those of Lebanon were pre- eminent. As the voice of Yahweh can instantly break these, so can it break the mighti... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE MAKETH THEM ALSO TO SKIP LIKE A CALF; LEBANON AND SIRION LIKE A YOUNG UNICORN._ He maketh them ... - "He maketh them" (namely, the cedars Psalms 29:5) to move to and fro, with the hills on which they stand, by reason of the earthquake. SIRION - "Sirion," the Sidonian name of Hermon, as 'Sheni... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE VOICE OF THE LORD DIVIDETH THE FLAMES OF FIRE._ Divideth - Hebrew, heweth; i:e., heweth asunder all opponents with the forked lightnings (Psalms 29:5) (Gejer, Hengstenberg). "O arm of the Lord ... that hath CUT х_ CHAATSAB_ (H2672), the same verb as here] Rahab" (Isaiah 51:9; Hosea 6:5). The C... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 it (Deuteronomy 1:19), "that great and terrible wilderness," 8:15; 32:10, "the waste, howling wilde... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE VOICE OF THE LORD MAKETH THE HINDS TO CALVE, AND DISCOVERETH THE FORESTS: AND IN HIS TEMPLE DOTH EVERY ONE SPEAK OF HIS GLORY._ Hinds to calve The thunder strikes such terror into them that they prematurely bring forth. So in the case of Phineas' wife (1 Samuel 4:19; cf. as to the hinds, Job 3... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SITTETH UPON THE FLOOD; YEA, THE LORD SITTETH KING FOR EVER._ The conclusion applies to the case of God's people the lesson of confidence in the power of Yahweh their God, to be derived from the body of the psalm. THE LORD SITTETH ... Chaldaic paraphrase, 'The Lord sat in judgment in th... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD WILL GIVE STRENGTH UNTO HIS PEOPLE; THE LORD WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE WITH PEACE._ Give strength ... - answering to Psalms 29:1, "give unto the Lord ... strength;" i:e., the strength which belongs to Him preeminently and inherently, as it belongs to no creature. Since "strength" is peculiarl... [ Continue Reading ]