Psalms 29:1
“A psalm of David.” Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye sons of the mighty, ascribe unto the Lord glory and strength.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
In Context
2Ascribe unto the Lord the glory of his name; bow down to the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:28Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye families of people, ascribe unto the Lord glory and strength.
Psalms 68:31(68:32) Nobles will come out of Egypt: Ethiopia will stretch forth eagerly her hands unto God.
Psalms 89:7(89:8) God is greatly terrific in the secret council of the holy ones and fear-inspiring over all that are about him.
Isaiah 60:12For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; and the nations shall be utterly destroyed.
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 →