Passage Research
Psalm 29 — Sermon Preparation
A thunderstorm hymn — the voice of the LORD breaks the cedars, shakes the wilderness, and strikes with lightning as all in his temple cry 'Glory!' Below is a research summary for Psalm 29, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Psalm 29 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קוֹל | qôwl | H6963 | 7 | voice, sound |
| כָּבוֹד | kâbôwd | H3519 | 4 | weight, splendor |
| יָהַב | yâhab | H3051 | 3 | give, put |
| חוּל | chûwl | H2342 | 3 | twist, whirl |
| לְבָנוֹן | Lᵉbânôwn | H3844 | 2 | Lebanon |
| אֶרֶז | ʼerez | H730 | 2 | cedar |
| עֹז | ʻôz | H5797 | 2 | strength, force |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 29, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 29:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Lebanon— Ps 29:5
- Mount Hermon— Ps 29:6
- Zin 1— Ps 29:8
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