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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 29:10

The Lord sitteth upon the flood ,.... Noah's flood; which is always designed by the word here used, the Lord sat and judged the old world for its wickedness, and brought a flood upon them, and destroyed them; and then he abated it, sent a wind to assuage the waters, stopped up the windows of heaven, and the fountains of the great deep, and restrained rain from heaven; and he now sits upon the confidence of waters in the heavens, at the time of a thunder storm, which threatens with an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 29:11

The Lord will give strength unto his people ,.... His special people, his covenant people, whom he has chosen for himself; these are encompassed with infirmities, and are weak in themselves; but there is strength for them in Christ: the Lord promises it unto them, and bestows it on them, and which is a pure gift of his grace unto them; this may more especially regard that strength, power, and dominion, which will be given to the people of the most High in the latter day; since it follows,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 29:1

O ye mighty - אלים בני beney elim , "sons of the strong ones," or "sons of rams." The Chaldee has, "Ye hosts of angels, sons of God." The Vulgate has, "Offer to the Lord, ye sons of God; offer to the Lord the sons of rams;" in this rendering agree the Septuagint, Ethiopic Arabic, and Anglo-Saxon. The old Psalter has, Bringes til Lord ye goddes sonnes; brynges til Lord sonnes of wether: which it paraphrases thus: that es, yourself, sonnes of apostles, that war leders of goddes folk;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 29:2

The glory due unto his name - Rather, the glory of his name. His name is Mercy; his nature is love. Ascribe mercy, love, power, and wisdom to him. All these are implied in the name Jehovah. In the beauty of holiness - קדש בהדרת behadrath kodesh , "the beautiful garments of holiness." Let the priests and Levites put on their best and cleanest apparel; and let the whole service be conducted in such a way as to be no dishonor to the Divine Majesty. The Vulgate and others read, In the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 29:3

The voice of the Lord - Thunder, so called, Exodus 9:23 , Exodus 9:28 , Exodus 9:29 ; Job 37:4 ; Psalm 18:13 ; Isaiah 30:30 . On this subject see the note on Job 37:4 , where there is a particular description of the nature and generation of thunder; and of the lightning, clap, rain, and other phenomena which accompany it. Upon many waters - The clouds, which Moses calls the waters which are above the firmament. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 29:4

Is powerful - There is no agent in universal nature so powerful as the electric fluid. It destroys life, tears castles and towers to pieces, rends the strongest oaks, and cleaves the most solid rocks: universal animate nature is awed and terrified by it. To several of these effects the psalmist here refers; and for the illustration of the whole I must refer to the above notes on Job. Full of majesty - No sound in nature is so tremendous and majestic as that of thunder; it is the most fit... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 29:5

Breaketh the cedars - Very tall trees attract the lightning from the clouds, by which they are often torn to pieces. Woods and forests give dreadful proof of this after a thunderstorm. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 29:7

Divideth the flames of fire - The forked zigzag lightning is the cause of thunder; and in a thunder-storm these liahtnings are variously dispersed, smiting houses, towers, trees, men, and cattle, in different places. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 29:8

The wilderness of Kadesh - This was on the frontiers of Idumea and Paran. There may be a reference to some terrible thunder-storm and earthquake which had occurred in that place. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 29:9

Maketh the hinds to calve - Strikes terror through all the tribes of animals; which sometimes occasions those which are pregnant to cast their young. This, I believe, to be the whole that is meant by the text. I meddle not with the fables which have been published on this subject both by ancients and moderns. Discovereth the forests - Makes them sometimes evident in the darliest night, by the sudden flash; and often by setting them on fire. And in his temple - Does this refer to the... read more

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