Psalms 29:1
A Psalm. Of David. Give to the Lord, you sons of the gods, give to the Lord glory and strength.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
In Context
2Give to the Lord the full glory of his name; give him worship in holy robes.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:28Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength.
Psalms 68:31\68:30\Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.
Psalms 89:7\89:6\For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?
Isaiah 60:12For the nation or kingdom which will not be your servant will come to destruction; such nations will be completely waste.
Revelation 5:11And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 29:1
It is the probable conjecture of some very good interpreters that David penned this psalm upon occasion, and just at the time, of a great storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, as the eighth psalm was his meditation in a moon-light night and the nineteenth in a sunny morning. It is good to take occasion from the sensible operations of God's power in the kingdom of nature to give glory to him. So composed was David, and so cheerful, even in a dreadful tempest, when others trembled, that then he penned this psalm;… Read the whole commentary →