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The psalmist calls us to worship the Lord due to His glory and strength. He then describes the power of the Lord's voice.
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Psalms 29:1-11
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a Ascribe to the Lord , O 1 sons of the mighty,
Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory 1 due to His name;
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Worship the Lord a in 2 holy array.
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The a voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
The God of glory b thunders, The Lord is over 1 c many waters.
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The voice of the Lord is a powerful,
The voice of the Lord is majestic.
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The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces a the cedars of Lebanon.
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He makes Lebanon a skip like a calf,
And b Sirion like a young wild ox.
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The voice of the Lord hews out 1 flames of fire.
The voice of the Lord 1 shakes the wilderness;
The Lord shakes the wilderness of a Kadesh.
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The voice of the Lord makes a the deer to calve [or the oaks to shake ]
And strips the forests bare;
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And b in His temple everything says, “Glory!”
The Lord sat as King at the a flood;
Yes, the Lord sits as b King forever.
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1 The Lord will give a strength to His people;
2 The Lord will bless His people with b peace.
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Synonymous Parallelism: the following lines repeat or reinforce the sense of the first line.
Psalm type: Celebration and Affirmation
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Psalms 29:1-11
A. Glory and Strength
Ascribe to the Lord, O sons of the mighty, Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in holy array.
B. The Glory of the Lord
The voice of the Lord is upon 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 majestic.
C. The Lord and the Trees
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
D. The Lord and Lebanon
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, And Sirion like a young wild ox.
The voice of the Lord hews out flames of fire.
D'. The Lord and Kadesh
The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; The Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
C'. The Lord and the Trees
The voice of the Lord makes the deer to calve [or the oaks to shake] And strips the forests bare;
B'. The Glory of the Lord
And in His temple everything says, “Glory!”
The Lord sat as King at the flood; Yes, the Lord sits as King forever.
A'. Strength and Peace
The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace.
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