Psalm 29:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 29:1-2

Psalms 29:1-2. Give unto the Lord, ye mighty Hebrew, בני אלים , benee eelim, ye sons of the mighty, or of gods: ye potentates and rulers of the earth. To these he addresses his speech, 1st, Because they are very apt to forget and contemn God, and insolently to assume a kind of deity to themselves: and, 2d, Because their conviction and conversion were likely to have a great and powerful influence upon their people, and therefore it was much for the honour of God that they should... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 29:1-11

Psalms 29:0 God in the stormOn the occasion referred to here a furious storm displays to people something of the might and glory of God. The writer sees the storm approaching from the sea, bursting in its fury on the forest regions, then passing on into the barren areas to the south. He begins the psalm by urging heavenly beings to join with people on earth to worship God for his majesty and power (1-2).The psalmist sees the storm gathering over the sea and approaching with the sound of loud... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 29:2

His name = Himself. See note on Psalms 20:1 . Worship = Bow down. the beauty of holiness = His glorious Sanctuary. Compare 2 Chronicles 20:21 . 2Ch 96:9 . Exodus 28:2 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 29:2

2. name—as (Psalms 5:11; Psalms 8:1). beauty of holiness—the loveliness of a spiritual worship, of which the perceptible beauty of the sanctuary worship was but a type. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 29:1-2

1. A call to praise Yahweh 29:1-2The phrase "sons of the mighty" (NASB) or "mighty ones" (NIV) probably refers to the angels. The Old Testament writers called Israel "God’s son," but they did not refer to individual believers that way. The idea that every believer is God’s son was a revelation that Jesus Christ introduced for the first time (Matthew 6:9; et al.).These verses are an excellent example of climactic parallelism. In climactic parallelism, the writer makes a statement, and every time... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 29:1-11

Psalms 29David praised God for His awesome power as a consequence of contemplating a severe thunderstorm, either a real storm or one in his mind’s eye."David was an outdoorsman who appreciated nature and celebrated the power of Jehovah the Creator. Jewish worshipers today use this psalm in the synagogue as a part of their celebration of Pentecost." [Note: Wiersbe, The . . . Wisdom . . ., p. 147.] Israel’s pagan neighbors gave the credit for storms and other natural phenomena to their gods.... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 29:1-11

This is a Nature-Psalm, calling on the angels to praise God (Psalms 29:1-2), describing the manifestation of His power in the thunderstorm (Psalms 29:3-9) and the flood (Psalms 29:10), and ending with an assurance of His favour to His people.1. Give] in the sense of ’ascribe.’ Mighty] RV ’sons of the mighty.’ The angels are meant. 2. The beauty of holiness] RM ’holy array,’ like the robes of the priests in an earthly sanctuary.3. The voice of the Lord] the thunder. The phrase occurs seven times... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 29:2

(2) In the beauty of holiness.—Better, in holy attire; an image borrowed from the splendid vestments of the priests and Levites (2 Chronicles 20:21; Psalms 110:3). So the presences that attend the courts of heaven are bidden to be robed in their most magnificent attire, as for a high and sacred ceremony. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 29:1-11

War for the Sake of Peace Psalms 29:11 I. There are many kinds of suffering and trial and effort that men may have to undergo, and war is only one of them. Now, when instead of fancying war as we guess it might be, we have seen war as it is brought almost under our eyes, we learn a truer notion of what it is. We have seen that victory is not to be won only by daring, by readiness to do some great thing, and strength of purpose in the action of a moment or an hour; it is patience, endurance,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 29:1-11

Psalms 29:1-11THE core of this psalm is the magnificent description of the thunderstorm rolling over the whole length of the land. That picture is framed by two verses of introduction and two of conclusion, which are connected, inasmuch as the one deals with the "glory to God in the highest" which is the echo of the tempest in angels’ praises, and the other with the "peace on earth" in which its thunders die away.The invocation in Psalms 29:1-2 is addressed to angels, whatever may be the exact... read more

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