Psalm 29

To God be all the glory.
Look around you and see the glory of the Lord. Look around you and see His footprints in the earth. God spoke the world into existence. Thank Him for the strength and peace He gives to those who place their trust in Him. My husband and I have just returned from a week in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. We took the time to admire the beauty of the landscape that God created. If we open our eyes we will see Him in all of His wonders.

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.

The NKJV Study Bible says this: Psalm 29 is a worship psalm. But it is also a royal psalm that uses striking language to assert the sovereign reign of the Almighty. David has taken over some of the vocabulary and poetic style of the Canaanites and used it to praise the living God. The psalm has three movements: (1) a call to the angels and all people to acknowledge the supremacy of God; (2) a description of the living God as Lord over storms; (3) a blessing from God, who is enthroned as King on high, to His people. Here the sound of thunder is a symbol of the voice of God. As at the beginning of the psalm, all the angels in the heavenly sanctuary acknowledge the surpassing glory of the omnipotent God. He even controls the waters at the height of their destructive power, the Flood. There is no one to oppose His glorious rule; He is King forever. The Lord will give strength. He is the true God, there is none other. Only He can empower His people.