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Psalm 29:3-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Psalm 29:3-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
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3 The voice of the Lord[a] is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
the Lord, over the mighty waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is power;
the voice of the Lord is splendor.(A)
5 The voice of the Lord cracks the cedars;
the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon,
6 Makes Lebanon leap like a calf,
and Sirion[b] like a young bull.
7 The voice of the Lord strikes with fiery flame;
8 the voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
the Lord shakes the desert of Kadesh.
9 [c]The voice of the Lord makes the deer dance
and strips the forests bare.
All in his Temple say, “Glory!”
Footnotes
- 29:3 The voice of the Lord: the sevenfold repetition of the phrase imitates the sound of crashing thunder and may allude to God’s primordial slaying of Leviathan, the seven-headed sea monster of Canaanite mythology.
- 29:6 Sirion: the Phoenician name for Mount Hermon, cf. Dt 3:9.
- 29:9b–10 Having witnessed God’s supreme power (Ps 29:3–9a), the gods acknowledge the glory that befits the king of the divine and human world.
Psalm 29:3-9
New International Version
Psalm 29:3-9
New International Version
3 The voice(A) of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory(B) thunders,(C)
the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.(D)
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;(E)
the voice of the Lord is majestic.
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.(F)
6 He makes Lebanon leap(G) like a calf,
Sirion[a](H) like a young wild ox.(I)
7 The voice of the Lord strikes
with flashes of lightning.(J)
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.(K)
9 The voice of the Lord twists the oaks[b](L)
and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”(M)
Footnotes
- Psalm 29:6 That is, Mount Hermon
- Psalm 29:9 Or Lord makes the deer give birth
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