Psalms 29:6

"He maketh them also to skip like a calf;

Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.

The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire.

The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness;

Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh."

There are definitely overtones in this psalm that suggest the final judgment of the Great Day. In these lines, the great mountains of Lebanon and Hermon are moved out of their places, or at least are made to appear as doing so. Furthermore, there is a mighty earthquake that shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. In the Apocalyptic description of the Judgment Day in Revelation 6, among the features of it are listed, "A great earthquake, ... and every mountain and island were moved out of their place" (Psalms 29:12,14).

God revealed to the Prophet Joel that there were overtones and warnings of the Final Judgment in the terrible Locust Plague featured in that Book; and it is not unthinkable that this devastating thunderstorm may have been intended to convey the same kind of warning.

"Maketh them to skip like a calf" (Psalms 29:6). This may refer to the cedars mentioned in the preceding verse; but Delitzsch and others apply this clause to Lebanon and Sirion. "According to Deuteronomy 3:9, Sirion is the Sidonian name for Mount Hermon. Side by side with Lebanon, it represents Anti-Lebanon. It is the lightning that makes the mountains bound like young antelopes!"[18]

We appreciate the discernment of Ash who twice mentioned "an earthquake" as the occurrence suggested by these lines.[19]

"Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh" (Psalms 29:8). This is the third time that the distinction is made in this psalm between the thunder (the voice of Jehovah) and Jehovah himself, namely at the end of Psalms 29:3,5,8. David is not really thinking of a thunderstorm but of Jehovah!