Psalm 29 Study Notes
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29:7 Lightning, which accompanies thunder in storms, is called flames of fire that flash and come from the Lord’s voice (18:12-14).
29:8-9 The verb for shakes is commonly used to mean “tremble with fear” (96:9; 114:7), so that the picture is of creation itself trembling before the Lord’s power. In this psalm his temple is heaven (11:4; Mc 1:2) where all is the “heavenly beings” in v. 1.
29:10-11 The flood continues the image in v. 3, relating it to “water,” but here the unleashing of the destructive powers of chaos in a flood makes this even more significant than the earlier reference. Some interpreters relate it directly to the flood of Noah’s time (Gn 6-7), while others see it as the waters at creation (Gn 1:7; Ps 148:4). The point in either case is that the Lord rules over (sits enthroned) the most powerful forces in the natural world. Because of this great power, his people find strength in him.