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PsalmsPsa 28:11 PsalmsPsa 29 PsalmsPsa 29:2

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

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Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - God's; Silence-Speech; Voice;

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of; Easton Bible Dictionary - Glory; Holman Bible Dictionary - Archangel; Children (Sons) of God; Glory; Israel, History of; Nephilim; Son of God; Sons of God; Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Angel; Children (Sons) of God; English Versions; Glory; Greek Versions of Ot; Psalms; Sin; Thunder; Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Psalms (2); Morrish Bible Dictionary - God; People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adoration; Angel; Children of God; Give; Glory; Number; Omnipotence; Poetry, Hebrew; Psalms, Book of; Sons of God (Old Testament); Targum; The Jewish Encyclopedia - Angelology;

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 30;

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Parallel Translations

English Standard Version

A Psalm of David.

Ascribe to the Lord , O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

Geneva Bible (1587)
A Psalme of Dauid. Giue vnto the Lord, ye sonnes of the mightie: giue vnto the Lord glorie and strength.

Christian Standard Bible®
Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings,ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

Hebrew Names Version
<> Ascribe to the LORD, you sons of the mighty, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

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Contextual Overview

¹ Give unto the Lord , O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. ² Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. ³ The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters. ⁴ The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. ⁵ The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶ He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. ⁷ The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire. ⁸ The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 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. ¹⁰ The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.

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Bible Verse Review
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Give: Psalms 2:10-12, Psalms 68:31-34, Psalms 96:7-9, Isaiah 60:12, Jeremiah 13:16-18, Revelation 5:11-14

mighty: Heb. sons of the mighty

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:3 - Because Judges 3:20 - he arose 1 Chronicles 16:28 - Give 1 Chronicles 29:12 - give strength 1 Chronicles 29:20 - bowed down 2 Chronicles 6:12 - he stood Psalms 68:34 - Ascribe Psalms 89:6 - the sons Psalms 96:6 - strength Psalms 104:1 - honour Luke 17:18 - to give Romans 11:36 - to whom Ephesians 3:21 - be Revelation 4:11 - to receive

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Cross-References

Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

Genesis 25:20
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

Genesis 29:5
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

Genesis 29:7
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

Genesis 29:20
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

Genesis 29:23
And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

Numbers 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

Judges 6:3
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

Judges 6:33
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.

Judges 7:12
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty,.... The Targum refers this to the angels,

"give praise before the Lord, ye companies of angels, sons of the Mighty;''

these are mighty ones, and excel all other creatures in strength; and are the sons of the Mighty, or of God; it is their duty and their business to glorify and to worship him and his Son Jesus Christ, as they do continually; but rather the princes and great men of the earth are here meant, who are so called, Psalms 82:1; and these, as they receive much honour and glory, both from God and man; and because they are apt to seek their own glory, and ascribe too much to themselves, are called upon particularly to give glory to God; and the more, inasmuch as they may be the means of engaging their subjects, by their influence and example, to do the same, and who may be included in them; for this is not to be understood of them exclusive of others, as appears from Psalms 96:7; moreover, all the saints and people of God may be intended, who are all princes and kings; and may be said to be mighty, especially those who are strong in faith; and these are they who give most glory to God;

give unto the Lord glory and strength; give glory to Jehovah the Father, by celebrating the perfections of his nature; by commending the works of his hands, the works of creation; by acquiescing in his providential dispensations; by returning thanks to him for mercies received, temporal and spiritual; particularly for salvation by Christ, and, above all, for Christ himself; by exercising faith in him as a promising God; by living becoming his Gospel, and to the honour of his name: give glory to the Son of God, by ascribing all divine perfections to him, by attributing salvation to him, and by trusting in him alone for it: give glory to the Spirit of God, by asserting his deity, by referring the work of grace and conversion to him, and by depending upon him for thee performance of the good work begun: give "strength" to each person, by acknowledging that power belongs to them, which is seen in creation, redemption, and the effectual calling; or else strength may mean the same thing as praise and glory; see Psalms 8:2, compared with

Matthew 21:16; and both may design strong praise and glory, expressed in the strongest and with the greatest vigour and vehemency of spirit.

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Give unto the Lord - Ascribe unto Yahweh; or, recognize Him as entitled to what is here ascribed to Him. The word cannot be understood, as it is commonly with us, to denote the imparting to another, or granting to another what he does not now possess - for God is always in possession of what is here ascribed to Him.

O ye mighty - Margin, as in Hebrew, “ye sons of the mighty.” The Hebrew word used here - אלים 'Êliym - is the plural form of one of the names of God - אל 'Êl. The word means properly “strong, mighty, a mighty one, a hero;” then, “strength, might, power;” and then it is applied to God as “the Mighty One,” the Almighty. (“Gesenius.”) In the plural form, the word means “mighty ones, heroes, gods:” Exodus 15:11; Exodus 18:11; Daniel 11:36. The phrase “sons of the mighty” is used only here and in Psalms 89:6. The allusion is undoubtedly to the angels as being in an eminent sense the sons of God, or of the mighty ones; and they are referred to here under that appellation as being themselves endowed with power or strength. Compare Psalms 103:20, “Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength;” margin: “mighty in strength.” In view of the wonderful exhibitions of God’s power in the storm - exhibitions far above the power of the most exalted of His creatures, the psalmist calls upon the angels, the most exalted of them, to acknowledge the existence of a power so much beyond their own.

Glory and strength - Majesty and might. Acknowledge Him as the God of glory; as endowed with power. That is, learn from the manifestations of the power evinced in the storm how great is the power and the glory of God.

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

PSALM XXIX

The psalmist calls upon the great and mighty to give thanks

unto God, and to worship him in the beauty of holiness, on

account of a tempest that had taken place, 1, 2.

He shouts the wonders produced by a thunderstorm, which he

calls the voice of God, 3-9.

Speaks of the majesty of God, 10;

and points out the good he will do to his people, 11.

NOTES ON PSALM XXIX

In the Hebrew, this is called A Psalm for David. The Vulgate says, "A Psalm of David, when the tabernacle was completed." The Septuagint says: "A Psalm of David, at the going out or exodus of the tabernacle." The Arabic states it to be "A prophecy concerning the incarnation; and concerning the ark and the tent." Numbers 5:12. The Syriac, "A Psalm of David, concerning oblation." The Psalm was probably written to commemorate the abundant rain which fell in the days of David, after the heavens had been shut up for three years; 2 Samuel 21:1-10.

Verse Psalms 29:1. O ye mighty — בני אלים beney elim, "sons of the strong ones," or "sons of rams." The Chaldee has, "Ye hosts of angels, sons of God." The Vulgate has, "Offer to the Lord, ye sons of God; offer to the Lord the sons of rams;" in this rendering agree the Septuagint, AEthiopic, Arabic, and Anglo-Saxon. The old Psalter has, Bringes til Lord ye goddes sonnes; brynges til Lord sonnes of wether: which it paraphrases thus: that es, yourself, sonnes of apostles, that war leders of goddes folk; qwam ye study to folow.

Glory and strength. — Ascribe all excellence and might to him.

The whole Psalm is employed in describing the effects produced by a thunder-storm which had lately taken place.

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King James Version

Psalms 29:1

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A Psalm of David.

A song of David.

A Psalm of David.

(A psalm by David.)

A psalm of David.

A psalm of David.

A psalm of David.

A psalm of David.

A Psalm of David.

A Psalm of David.

A Psalm of David.

Contextual Overview

Bible Verse Review from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Bible Verse Review
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