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Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalm 29

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Chapter 29

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Verse 1

Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.

Give

2.10-12 68.31-34 96.7-9 Isaiah 60.12 Jeremiah 13.16-18 Revelation 5.11-14

mighty

Heb. sons of the mighty.

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Verse 2

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

Give

1 Chronicles 16.28,29

glory, etc

Heb. honour of his name.

96.6,8 97.9 113.3-6 145.3-7

worship

27.4 96.9 2 Chronicles 20.21

the beauty of holiness

or, his glorious sanctuary.

90.17

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Verse 3

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.

The voice

18.13-15 77.16-19 Matthew 8.26,27 Revelation 17.14,15

God

24.7-10 Acts 7.2

thundereth

Exodus 9.28,33 19.16 1 Samuel 7.10 Job 37.2-5 John 12.29 Revelation 4.5 8.5 Revelation 11.19 16.18 19.6

many waters

or, great waters.

93.3,4 104.3

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Verse 4

The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

powerful

Heb. in power.

33.9 Job 26.11-14 Jeremiah 51.15,16 Luke 4.36 8.25

full of

Heb. in.

Job 40.9-12 Isaiah 66.6 Ezekiel 10.5

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Verse 5

The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

Isaiah 2.13

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Verse 6

He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

skip

114.4-7

Lebanon

Jeremiah 4.23-25 Habakkuk 3.6-11 Revelation 20.11

Sirion

Deuteronomy 3.9

unicorn

92.10 Numbers 23.22

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Verse 7

The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.

divideth

Heb. cutteth out. flames.

77.18 144.5,6 Exodus 9.23 Leviticus 10.2 Numbers 16.35 2 Kings 1.10-12 Job 37.3 Job 38.35

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Verse 8

The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

shaketh

18.7 46.3 Job 9.6 Isaiah 13.13 Joel 3.16 Haggai 2.6,21 Hebrews 12.26

Kadesh

Numbers 13.26

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Verse 9

The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

maketh

Or as Bp. Lowth and others, "maketh the oaks to tremble and maketh bare the forests;" understanding ayyaloth, as denoting here, not hinds, but oaks, as it signifies in Syriac.

Job 39.1-3

calve

or, be in pain. discovereth.

63.2 Isaiah 9.18 10.18,19 Ezekiel 20.46-48

in his temple

46.2-5 48.9 134.1,2 135.1,2

doth, etc

or, every whit of it uttereth.

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Verse 10

The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.

sitteth

3 65.7 104.6-9 Genesis 6.17 8.1,2 Job 38.8-11,25 Mark 4.41

King

2.6-9 10.16 93.1 99.1 Daniel 2.44 Matthew 6.13 1 Timothy 1.17

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Verse 11

The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

give

28.8,9 68.35 84.7 85.8,10 138.3 Isaiah 40.29,31 41.10 Zechariah 10.6,12 Ephesians 3.16 2 Timothy 4.17

bless

72.3,7 Numbers 6.24-27 Isaiah 9.6,7 John 14.27 16.33 Romans 14.17 1 Corinthians 1.3 Ephesians 2.17 2 Thessalonians 3.16 Revelation 1.4