The Voice Of The Lord (Psalm 29)

The Voice Of The Lord

A Psalm of David.

Give unto the LORD, O you mighty ones; give unto the LORD glory and strength. Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

 

The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is over many waters.

 

The voice of the LORD is powerful.

 

The voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

 

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars, yes, the LORD splinters the cedars of Lebanon. He makes them also skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.

 

The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire.

 

The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

 

The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth, and strips the forests bare; and in His temple everyone says, "Glory!"

 

The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood, and the LORD sits as King forever. The LORD will give strength to His people; the LORD will bless His people with peace.

 

(Psalms 29)

The appeal David makes to all men is to recognize the greatness of the Lord and the need for all men to worship the Lord as Creator of heaven and earth. Glory belongs to the Lord because of the manifestation of His power in creation. Man should recognize the strength of the Lord when he considers his frail knowledge compared to the unending vastness of God’s wisdom. To drive the point home, David appeals to one of the characteristics that will cause all men to bow before the Lord – the voice of the Lord. 

Standing in a lightning storm is a terrifying experience with the immense power of the thunder unyielding on the ear. This pales in comparison to the thunder of the voice of God. It is powerful and full of majesty. In Genesis 1 the world was formed by the voice of God and with but a whisper of God’s breath the world came to an end in the flood. No tree can stand when the voice of God thunders nor mountain fail to tremble if but God chooses to speak. 

While men perished in the flood the Lord sat enthroned as King forever because His truth is righteousness and His mighty power punished the evil doer and saved the righteous. Isaiah writes, "Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. I have sworn by Myself; the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath” (Isaiah 45:22-23).

When the voice of the Lord shouts everyone will say, “GLORY.” This voice will give confidence and hope to the children of God and by this voice the blessings of God will be given to His children. “Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears” (1 Samuel 3:9).