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Psalm 29: The Voice That Breaks the Cedars
If you want to know what the ancients meant by "the fear of the Lord," read this psalm during a thunderstorm. Seven times the phrase "the voice of the Lord" crashes through these verses like rolling thunder — upon the waters, powerful, full of majesty, breaking the cedars of Lebanon, dividing flames, shaking the wilderness, making the deer calve. It is a catalogue of overwhelm. And yet the psalm does not end in terror. It ends in peace. "The Lord will bless his people with peace." This is the great paradox the psalmist grasps and Lewis loved: the God who is most terrifyingly powerful is the same God who gives peace to his people — not peace instead of power, but peace because of it. The cedars snap. The wilderness quakes. The flames split apart. And in his temple, every one speaks of his glory. It is the stillness that comes not from the absence of the storm, but from knowing who commands it.
00:00 Give Unto the Lord Glory and Strength
00:15 The Voice Upon the Waters
00:30 The Voice Breaks the Cedars
00:45 The Voice Divides the Flames
01:00 The Voice Shakes the Wilderness
01:15 The Lord Sits King Forever
01:25 He Blesses His People with Peace
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Daily Psalms - Classical Psalms Every Day — Psalm Chapter 29 - A Psalm of David. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
Psalm 29 A Psalm of David Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, Give unto the Lord glory and strength, Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name. Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. The God of glory, thunder. The Lord is upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful. The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars. Ye the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. He makeeth them also to skip like a calf. Lebanon and Syria like a young unicorn. The voice of the Lord divided the flames of fire.
The voice of the Lord shakeeth the wilderness. The Lord shakeeth the wilderness of Qadesh. The voice of the Lord makeeth the hines to couth and discovereth the forests. And in his temple duff every once speak of his glory. The Lord siteth upon the flood. Ye the Lord siteth king forever. The Lord will give strength unto his people. The Lord will bless his people with peace.
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