Psalm 29:3-4 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 29:1-11

In this psalm we have, I. A demand of the homage of the great men of the earth to be paid to the great God. Every clap of thunder David interpreted as a call to himself and other princes to give glory to the great God. Observe, 1. Who they are that are called to this duty: ?O you mighty (Ps. 29:1), you sons of the mighty, who have power, and on whom that power is devolved by succession and inheritance, who have royal blood running in your veins!? It is much for the honour of the great God that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 29:3

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters ,.... What follows concerning thunder, the voice of the Lord, gives so many reasons why he should have glory given him and be worshipped; the Heathens F25 Pausan. Arcad. sive l. 8. p. 503. paid their devotion to thunder and lightning: but this should be done to the author of them; which may be literally understood of thunder, and is the voice of the Lord; see Psalm 18:13 ; and which is commonly attended with large showers of rain, Jeremiah... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 29:4

The voice of the Lord is powerful ,.... Or "with power" F1 בכח "in potentia", Pagninus, Montanus; "cum potentia", Cocceius, Michaelis; "with able power", Ainsworth. ; as thunder, in the effect of it, shows; and so is the Gospel, when it comes, not in word only, but is attended with the power of God to the conversion and salvation of souls; it is then quick and powerful, Hebrews 4:12 ; and the word of Christ personal, when here on earth, was with power, Luke 4:32 ; the voice... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 29:3

Verse 3 3.The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters. David now rehearses the wonders of nature which I have previously referred to; and well indeed does he celebrate the power of God as well as his goodness, in his works. As there is nothing in the ordinary course of nature, throughout the whole frame of heaven and earth, which does not invite us to the contemplation of God, he might have brought forward, as in Psalms 19:1, the sun and the stars, and the whole host of heaven, and the earth with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 29:1-11

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 29:1-11

The glorious sceptre of universal power. There are many productions of poets and poetesses, celebrating the grandeur of nature, and the glory of God as manifested in the works of his hands; but there are none which, even in a poetical point of view, surpass those in Job 26:1-14 ; Job 28:1-28 ; Job 38:1-41 .; Isaiah 40:1-31 .; Psalms 104:1-35 ; Psalms 19:1-14 ; Psalms 147:1-20 ; and that in the psalm before us now, which rises to the very noblest heights of Hebrew poetry, in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 29:1-11

The works and the Word of God should not be separated. They are both revelations, and the one is necessary to the right interpretation of the other. If we study God's works by themselves, we are apt to forget God's Word, and so forget God himself. If, on the other hand, we confine ourselves to God's Word, we are in danger of falling into a similar error—that of forgetting God's presence in his works, and so turning the world without us into a world without God. The psalmist shows us a more... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 29:1-11

The thunderstorm. Compare this with the nineteenth and eighth psalms—all nature psalms. This is a wonderful description of a thunderstorm. I. THE OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD IN NATURE INSPIRES THE DEVOUT MIND WITH THE SPIRIT OF WORSHIP . Inspires the common mind with fear. The scientific mind with inquiry. Inflames the imagination of the poetic mind. But fills the devout mind with the spirit of worship of the great invisible Creator. "Give unto the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 29:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 29:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 29:4

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 29:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 29:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 29:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 29:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 29:1-11

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