Proverbia 29:9

Nova Vulgata

Vox Domini properantis partum cervarum, et denudabit condensa; et in templo eius omnes dicent gloriam.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Principes cessabant loqui, et digitum superponebant ori suo.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Ad te, Domine, clamabo,
et ad Deum meum deprecabor.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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: Psalms 63:2, Isaiah 9:18, Isaiah 10:18, Isaiah 10:19, Ezekiel 20:46-48

in his temple: Psalms 46:2-5, Psalms 48:9, Psalms 134:1, Psalms 134:2, Psalms 135:1, Psalms 135:2

doth: etc. or, every whit of it uttereth

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 1:9 - General 1 Samuel 3:3 - the temple Psalms 96:6 - strength Psalms 150:1 - in his sanctuary Jeremiah 14:5 - General Revelation 15:8 - from the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve,.... Which being timorous creatures, the bringing forth of their young, which is naturally very painful and difficult, is lessened and facilitated by thunder; they being either so frightened with it that they feel not their pains; or their pains, being hastened by it, become more easy; and naturalists observe, that the time of bringing forth their young is at that season of the year when thunder is most frequent; see Job 39:1. Thunder has a like effect on sheep, and makes them abortive g: this may be applied to the Gospel, which is the means of bringing forth souls to Christ by his churches and ministers; who may very fitly be compared to hinds for their love and loveliness, their swiftness and readiness to do the will of Christ, and their eager desires after communion with him, Proverbs 5:19;

and discovereth the forests; or "maketh bare" h: by beating off the leaves and branches of trees, and them to the ground; or by causing the wild beasts that frequent them to retire to their holes and dens; which effects are produced by thunder; and this aptly agrees with the Gospel, which is a revelation of secrets, of the thickets and deep things of God; of his council, covenant, mind, and will; and of the mysteries of his grace to the sons of men, and generally to babes, or men of their capacities; and of its stripping them of all their own righteousness, and dependence on it;

and in his temple doth everyone speak of [his] glory; either in heaven, where angels and glorified saints are continually employed in speaking of his glorious name, nature, and works; or in the temple, or tabernacle at Jerusalem, where the Levites stood to praise the Lord morning and evening, and where the tribes went up to worship, and to give thanks unto the Lord, 1 Chronicles 23:30; or the church of God, which is the temple of the living God, whither saints resort, and where they dwell, and speak of the glory of God, of his divine perfections, and of his works of creation and providence; and of the glory of the person of Christ, and salvation by him; and of the glorious work of grace begun in their souls by the blessed Spirit; for hither such as have heard the voice of Christ, and have felt the power of it, and have found it to be a soul-shaking, an heart-breaking, and an illuminating voice, come, and declare it to the glory of the grace of God.

g Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 9. c. 3. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 47. h ויחשף "et denudat", Musculus, Vatablus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus so Cocceius, Michaelis, Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve - The deer. The object of the psalmist here is to show the effects of the storm in producing consternation, especially on the weak and timid animals of the forest. The effect here adverted to is that of fear or consternation in bringing on the throes of parturition. Compare Job 39:1, Job 39:3. No one can doubt that the effect here described may occur in the violence of a tempest; and perhaps no image could more vividly describe the terrors of the storm than the consternation thus produced. The margin here is, “to be in pain.” The Hebrew means “to bring forth,” referring to the pains of parturition.

And discovereth the forests - The word used here means “to strip off, to uncover;” and, as used here, it means to strip off the leaves of the forest; to make the trees bare - referring to an effect which is often produced by a violent storm.

And in his temple doth every one speak of his glory - Margin, “every whit of it uttereth,” etc. The word here rendered “temple” does not refer in this place to the tabernacle, or to the temple at Jerusalem, but rather “to the world itself,” considered as the residence or dwelling-place of God. Perhaps the true translation would be, “And in his temple everything says, Glory!” That is, in the dwelling-place of God - the world of nature - the sky, the earth, the forests, the waters, everything in the storm, echoes “glory, glory!” All these things declare the glory of God; all these wonders - the voice of God upon the waters; the thunder; the crash of the trees upon the hills; the shaking of the wilderness; the universal consternation; the leaves stripped from the trees and flying in every direction - all proclaim the majesty and glory of Yahweh.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 29:9. Maketh the hinds to calve — Strikes terror through all the tribes of animals; which sometimes occasions those which are pregnant to cast their young. This, I believe, to be the whole that is meant by the text. I meddle not with the fables which have been published on this subject both by ancients and moderns.

Discovereth the forests — Makes them sometimes evident in the darkest night, by the sudden flash; and often by setting them on fire.

And in his temple — Does this refer to the effect which a dreadful thunder-storm often produces? Multitudes run to places of worship as asylums in order to find safety, and pray to God. See on Psalms 29:2.