Psalm 29

Ascribe Glory to Yahweh

A Psalm of David.

¹Ascribe to Yahweh, O heavenly beings,

ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.

• PS 29:1[NOTE]SEVEN THUNDERS. The voice of Yahweh shows up seven times in this psalm, like seven claps of thunder. Many think it answers the Canaanite storm god Baal: the real Lord of the storm is Yahweh.

²Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due His name;

worship Yahweh in the splendor of His holiness.

³The voice of Yahweh is over the waters;

the God of glory thunders;

Yahweh is heard over many waters.

⁴The voice of Yahweh is powerful;

the voice of Yahweh is majestic.

⁵The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars;

Yahweh shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,

and Sirion like a young wild ox.

⁷The voice of Yahweh

strikes with flames of fire.

⁸The voice of Yahweh shakes the wilderness;

Yahweh shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹The voice of Yahweh twists the oaks

and strips the forests bare.

And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”

¹⁰Yahweh sits enthroned over the flood;

Yahweh is enthroned as King forever.

¹¹Yahweh gives His people strength;

Yahweh blesses His people with peace.