Psalms 29:1
A Psalm of David. Ascribe to Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
In Context
2Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the beauty of holiness.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:28Ascribe to Jehovah, ye families of peoples, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength.
Psalms 68:31Come do fat ones out of Egypt, Cush causeth her hands to run to God.
Psalms 89:7God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
Isaiah 60:12For the nation and the kingdom that do not serve thee perish, Yea, the nations are utterly wasted.
Revelation 5:11And I saw, and I heard the voice of many messengers round the throne, and the living creatures, and the elders — and the number of them was myriads of myriads, 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 →