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 setting the psalm in a thunderstorm deliberately places Yahweh over Baal, the storm-god widely worshi... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the northern end (SIRION) to the southern end (KADESH). The faithful, worshiping in the TEMPLE in Jer... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 29:10 The temple (v. Psalms 29:9) is the place where God SITS ENTHRONED (Psalms 9:11; Psalms 22:3) as KING FOREVER, especially over his people. The word for FLOOD here is used elsewhere only of Noah’s flood (Genesis 6:17). Just as in that great flood, God’s power makes distincti... [ Continue Reading ]