Psalms 29:1-11
A Psalm of David.
1 Give unto the LORD, O you mighty ones,
Give unto the LORD glory and strength.
2 Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name;
Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters;
The God of glory thunders;
The LORD is over many waters.
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful;
The voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars,
Yes, the LORD splinters the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He makes them also skip like a calf,
Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire.
8 The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness;
The LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth,
And strips the forests bare;
And in His temple everyone says, "Glory!"
10 The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood,
And the LORD sits as King forever.
11 The LORD will give strength to His people;
The LORD will bless His people with peace.
This psalm of praise points us to gaze into God’s majesty and holiness. We are to join the psalmist in not just acknowledging His glory and power, but to tell Him these things in an act of confessional worship. God deserves glory attributed to His name through our willingness to trust and obey His word, worshiping His holiness in our holiness as we were created to be and do (1 Peter 1:16, 2 Chronicles 20:21, Psalm 110:3). God’s voice is powerful, as He demonstrates in the natural realm in Creation (Genesis 1:1-2) and in the thundering storm with flashes of powerful lightning over those waters. His voice shows majesty and power we can see with our eyes and acknowledge with our own voices in response. His voice splinters magnificent trees and shakes both the forest and the desert wilderness even when we are not present to witness these things, and divides lightning across the land to bring awe of His majesty and power to our hearts. Because of all these wondrous acts by His word, we must follow king David’s example to worship in His temple, both corporately and individually, to cry out, “glory” to our God in heaven (2 Corinthians 4:6, Revelation 14:7, 19:7)! He sits sovereignly over all creation, including us, having power to flood the world or to consume it with fire in the end. He absolutely reigns eternally. There is no other! Our comfort in this awe is that our Lord chooses to give we His people strength and blessings of peace with this omnipotent God in Christ (Romans 5:1, 2 John 1:3) as we follow Him (Philippians 4:9). Because of all these things, we worship our Lord with praise for His majesty and holiness, and join in His work within us to be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ our Lord whom king David looked forward to throughout the Psalms.
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