Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 29:1
Ye — Ye potentates and rulers of the earth. Glory — By an humble and thankful acknowledgment of it.
Ye — Ye potentates and rulers of the earth. Glory — By an humble and thankful acknowledgment of it.
PSALM XXIX _The psalmist calls upon the great and mighty to give thanks_ _unto God, and to worship him in the beauty of holiness, on_ _account of a tempest that had taken place_, 1, 2. _He shouts...
GIVE UNTO THE LORD - Ascribe unto Yahweh; or, recognize Him as entitled to what is here ascribed to Him. The word cannot be understood, as it is commonly with us, to denote the imparting to another, o...
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...
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._...
TITLE.. Psalm. App-65 of David. by David, or relating to the true David. The sequel to Psalms 28, and the fulfilment of the promise in Psalms 28:7. It is "the voice of Jehovah" in response to David's...
_O ye mighty_ The phrase _bnç çlîm_admits of three renderings. (1) _O ye sons of the mighty_(R.V.), which may mean either powerful nobles, or mighty celestial beings. (2) _O ye sons of the gods_(R.V....
Prelude, calling upon the angels to celebrate Jehovah's glory. Cp. Psalms 96:7-9, where however the words are differently applied....
_David exhorteth princes to give glory to God, by reason of his power, and protection of his people._ A Psalm of David. _TITLE._ לדוד מזמור _MIZMOR LEDAVID._— This Psalm seems to have been composed b...
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...
_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 "stren...
29:1 Give (g-5) 'Give' (3 times), same as 'Ascribe,' Deuteronomy 32:3 ....
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...
GIVE] in the sense of 'ascribe.' MIGHTY] RV 'sons of the mighty.' The angels are meant....
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...
YE MIGHTY. — Heb., _benê-elîm._ Literally, _sons of gods_ (not _sons of God,_ since _elîm_ is never used by itself like _Elohîm_ for God). If, however, which is possible, it is used in a general sense...
מִזְמֹ֗ור לְ דָ֫וִ֥ד הָב֣וּ לַֽ֭ יהוָה בְּנֵ֣
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...
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...
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...
"A Psalm of David." Give unto the LORD, O ye (a) mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. (a) He exhorts the proud tyrants to humble themselves under God's hand, and not to be inferior to brute...
Dedication, when David sung after he had (Haydock) built a magnificent palace, 2 Kings v. (Worthington) --- David's ledavid, or "to David," which some rather join with Psalm, (Muis) and explain the ho...
CONTENTS The very particular manner in which the voice of Jehovah is here celebrated, should lead us to a serious Inquiry of the importance of the expression. All sovereignty and authority of earthly...
This repeated call to ascribe glory to God, in three several demands, very fitly corresponds with the many repeated examples we have in the word of God, as if to imply a plurality of persons in the Go...
1._Give unto Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty. _It was no doubt David’s design to lead all men to worship and reverence God; but as it is more difficult to reduce great men, who excel in rank, to order,...
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...
GIVE UNTO THE LORD, O YE MIGHTY,.... The Targum refers this to the angels, "give praise before the Lord, ye companies of angels, sons of the Mighty;'' these are mighty ones, and excel all other crea...
Psalms 29:1 «A Psalm of David. » Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. Ver. 1. _Give unto the Lord_] _Verbo et confessione,_ saith Kimchi. By word and confession, as...
_Give unto the Lord, ye mighty_ Hebrew, בני אלים, _benee eelim, ye sons of the mighty_, or _of gods:_ ye potentates and rulers of the earth. To these he addresses his speech, 1st, Because they are ver...
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...
Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, literally, "sons of gods," that is, the rulers, the governments of the world, GIVE UNTO THE LORD GLORY AND STRENGTH, offering Him this tribute as the King of kings and...
YE MIGHTY: _ Heb._ ye sons of the mighty...
PSALM 29 THE ARGUMENT It is supposed that this Psalm was made upon the occasion of some terrible tempest of thunder and rain; which God might possibly send in the time of battle to assist David, and d...
Psalms 29:1 Psalm H4210 David H1732 Give H3051 (H8798) LORD H3068 mighty H1121 H410 Give H3051 ...
THE PSALMIST CALLS ON THE ANGELIC HOSTS TO BEAR WITNESS TO THE GLORY OF YHWH AS REVEALED IN A DEVASTATING STORM (PSALMS 29:1). Psalms 29:1 ‘Ascribe to YHWH, O you sons of heavenly ones (or ‘of might...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
[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...
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 ...
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....
Isaiah 60:12; Jeremiah 13:16; Psalms 2:10; Psalms 68:31; Psalm