Psalm 29:9 The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, "Glory!"

◄ Psalm 29:9 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, "Glory!"

English Standard Version
The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

New American Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD makes the deer to calve And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everything says, "Glory!"

King James Bible
The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth and strips the woodlands bare. In His temple all cry, "Glory!"

International Standard Version
The voice of the LORD causes deer to give birth, and strips the forest bare. In his Temple all of them shout, "Glory!"

American Standard Version
The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The voice of the Lord prepareth the stags: and he will discover the thick woods: and in his temple all shall speak his glory.

Darby Bible Translation
The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, and layeth bare the forests; and in his temple doth every one say, Glory!

Young's Literal Translation
The voice of Jehovah paineth the oaks, And maketh bare the forests, And in His temple every one saith, 'Glory.'

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

29:1-11 Exhortation to give glory to God. - The mighty and honourable of the earth are especially bound to honour and worship him; but, alas, few attempt to worship him in the beauty of holiness. When we come before him as the Redeemer of sinners, in repentance faith, and love, he will accept our defective services, pardon the sin that cleaves to them, and approve of that measure of holiness which the Holy Spirit enables us to exercise. We have here the nature of religious worship; it is giving to the Lord the glory due to his name. We must be holy in all our religious services, devoted to God, and to his will and glory. There is a beauty in holiness, and that puts beauty upon all acts of worship. The psalmist here sets forth God's dominion in the kingdom of nature. In the thunder, and lightning, and storm, we may see and hear his glory. Let our hearts be thereby filled with great, and high, and honourable thoughts of God, in the holy adoring of whom, the power of godliness so much consists. O Lord our God, thou art very great! The power of the lightning equals the terror of the thunder. The fear caused by these effects of the Divine power, should remind us of the mighty power of God, of man's weakness, and of the defenceless and desperate condition of the wicked in the day of judgment. But the effects of the Divine word upon the souls of men, under the power of the Holy Spirit, are far greater than those of thunder storms in the nature world. Thereby the stoutest are made to tremble, the proudest are cast down, the secrets of the heart are brought to light, sinners are converted, the savage, sensual, and unclean, become harmless, gentle, and pure. If we have heard God's voice, and have fled for refuge to the hope set before us, let us remember that children need not fear their Father's voice, when he speaks in anger to his enemies. While those tremble who are without shelter, let those who abide in his appointed refuge bless him for their security, looking forward to the day of judgment without dismay, safe as Noah in the ark.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

9. Terror-stricken animals and denuded forests close the illustration. In view of this scene of awful sublimity, God's worshippers respond to the call of Ps 29:2, and speak or cry, "Glory!" By "temple," or "palace" (God's residence, Ps 5:7), may here be meant heaven, or the whole frame of nature, as the angels are called on for praise.