Psalm 29

After the storms rolling through our area last night, I was reminded of this Psalm. As the rain, thunder and lightning began during our worship time at church and continued for several more hours, I couldn't help but meditate on some things the Lord had shown me about this Psalm recently.
Perhaps David also witnessed a great thunderstorm and wrote these verses. But the depth of God and the power of HIS SPOKEN WORD, HIS VOICE is seen in his analogies and metaphors.
Watching a storm is a reminder of powers and forces that are beyond human capabilities. But the Lord is infinitely more powerful than that!

1 Ascribe to the Lord, O sons of the mighty, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Let all men and angels ascribe to Jehovah God all glory and strength, more than than the power of a storm and flood!

2 Give to the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness or in holy array.
All glory is due to HIM, worship Him covered in His glory.

3 the God of glory thunders; the Lord is upon many (great) waters. Revelation 4:5 Out of the throne came flashes of lightning and rumbling and peals of thunder, and in front of the throne seven blazing torches burned, which are the seven Spirits of God. Psalm 93 The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty; the Lord is robed, He has girded Himself with strength and power; the world also is established, that it cannot be moved. your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice. The Lord on high is mightier and more glorious than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty breakers and waves of the sea.

4 The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
Psalm 96:6 says - Honor and majesty are before Him: strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. The next few verses of Psalm 29 (5-11) go on to describe how His power and majesty is at work in the earth.

5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
Isaiah 2: 10-17 refers to the cedars of Lebanon and mountains and lofty hills and high towers as being things that the wrath of God will come against in the day of the Lord. The cedars of Lebanon are not only things which exalt themselves against God, but also have deep roots. Evil things that have held and stayed rooted and not let go, will be broken as the voice of the Lord speaks !

6 He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox.
Malachi 4:2 says that the Sun of Righteousness will rise and bring healing in His wings for those that fear His name. They will be set free and skip like calves let out to pasture, leaping for joy! The voice of the Lord brings liberty from the bondages of deeply rooted things !

7 The voice of the Lord splits and flashes forth forked lightning (hews flames of fire - KJV)
Hebrews 1:7 says - Referring to His angels he says, Who makes His angels winds and His ministering servants flames of fire. And this is a quote from Psalm 104:4. Matthew 28:3 says that the angel at Jesus' tomb appeared like lightning. On the day of Pentecost, tongues of fire appeared on the heads of all the disciples. The voice of the Lord sends out angels of fire!

8 The voice of the Lord makes the wilderness tremble; the Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
The wilderness is a place where things are dry. Kadesh Barnea was the place where the children of Israel spent much of their wandering time in the wilderness. The voice of the Lord shakes these dry places of lack and failure.

9 The voice of the Lord makes the hinds bring forth their young, and His voice strips bare the forests, while in His temple everyone is saying, Glory!
The hinds are a type of the ones that respond to the Lord and to His love. Song of Solomon 2:7 and 3:5. The hinds' feet are also referenced in 2 Sam.22:34, Psalm 18:33, Hab 3:19 as being able to go up to high places (places of worship). So the hind (female deer) is going to bring forth young and be fruitful at the voice of the Lord !

10 The Lord sat as King over the deluge; the Lord still sits as King forever!
11 The Lord will give strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

LORD, SPEAK TO US !
SEND OUT YOUR VOICE, YOUR WORD !