Psalm 29:3-4 The voice of the LORD is on the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is on many waters.… All God's works praise Him, but there are some which praise Him more than others. There are some of His doings upon which there seems to be graven in larger letters than usual the name of God. Such as the lofty mountains, the thunders and lightnings. The old and universal belief was, that the thunder was the voice of God. But there are spiritual voices of God, and of these we would speak. Samuel on his bed heard it. Saul at his conversion. And God often speaks to man by the Holy Spirit. And the voice of God is ever full of majesty. It is so — I. ESSENTIALLY; it must be so. Think whose voice it is. How God's voice is full of majesty because — 1. It is true. 2. Commanding. 3. Very powerful. "Let there be light, and there was light." 4. And because God's voice is His Word, and His Word was His Son the Lord Jesus Christ. II. ALWAYS. God's voice, like man's, has various tones, but it is always full of majesty. 1. Let the tone be what it may, whether harsh as in threatening, or sweet as when consoling, or august as when commanding. "Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward." And at the Resurrection of the dead, and at the Judgment Day. 2. And in all the different degrees of its loudness. Some calls of God are loud, others gentle but all majestic. 3. And in all its mediums. The meanness of a speaker for God does not hinder this. III. IN ITS EFFECTS. 1. It is a breaking voice. "The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars." The proudest and most stubborn sinner is broken before Him. 2. Moving. "He maketh them (the mountains) also to skip like a calf." No mountain of error, falsity, or sin can stand unmoved when He speaks. 3. Dividing. "Divideth the flames of fire." Where God's Word is faithfully preached it is ever a dividing power. 4. Shaking "shaketh the wilderness." God's Word does this in men's hearts. 5. Bringing forth — "maketh the hinds to calve." So God's Word makes the soul bring forth holy desire and joy, and whatever a man has in him it has to come forth. 6. Discovering — "discovereth the forests." Hypocrites hide, but God discovers them. Oh, listen to His voice bidding you believe and be saved. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.WEB: Yahweh's voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters. |
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