Psalm 29

29 ¹ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד הָבוּ לַיהוה בְּנֵי אֵלִים הָבוּ לַיהוה כָּבוֹד וָעֹז׃

2     הָבוּ לַיהוה כְּבוֹד שְׁמֹו הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַיהוה בְּהַדְרַת־קֹדֶשׁ׃

3     קוֹל יהוה עַל־הַמָּיִם אֵל־הַכָּבוֹד הִרְעִים יהוה עַל־מַיִם רַבִּים׃

4     קוֹל־יהוה בַּכֹּחַ קוֹל יהוה בֶּהָדָר׃

5     קוֹל יהוה שֹׁבֵר אֲרָזִים וַיְשַׁבֵּר יהוה אֶת־אַרְזֵי הַלְּבָנוֹן׃

6     וַיַּרְקִידֵם כְּמוֹ־עֵגֶל לְבָנוֹן וְשִׂרְיֹן כְּמוֹ בֶן־רְאֵמִים׃

7     קוֹל־יהוה חֹצֵב לַהֲבוֹת אֵשׁ׃

8     קוֹל יהוה יָחִיל מִדְבָּר יָחִיל יהוה מִדְבַּר קָדֵשׁ׃

9     קוֹל יהוה יְחוֹלֵל אַיָּלוֹת וַיֶּחֱשֹׂף יְעָרוֹת וּבְהֵיכָלֹו כֻּלֹּו אֹמֵר כָּבוֹד׃

10     יהוה לַמַּבּוּל יָשָׁב וַיֵּשֶׁב יהוה מֶלֶךְ לְעוֹלָם׃

11     יהוה עֹז לְעַמֹּו יִתֵּן יהוה יְבָרֵךְ אֶת־עַמֹּו בַשָּׁלוֹם׃

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When I read this Psalm, it sends me down paths of meandering that make me amazed at the power of God.  His voice does things!  No, not like “hurting people’s feelings” or “enforcing a rule” or “striking fear into all that hear it (like Donald Trump or Simon Cowell).”  Nope, His voice “breaks the cedars of Lebanon” or “shakes the wilderness” or “makes the deer give birth.”  Okay, okay, the last one isn’t as impressive perhaps, but God’s voice has real power.  As I have mentioned so many times before, the world is voice-activated (pretty neat) and John tells us that the voice of God, the very words of God (logos) became flesh on our behalf.  Once we begin to understand this truth, we will see that His voice and words have tremendous power!  He speaks and things happen – He calls us His children, what does that mean to you?

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^[1]The Hebrew Bible : Andersen-Forbes Analyzed Text; Bible. O.T. Hebrew. Andersen-Forbes. 2006; 2006 (Ps 29:1-11). Logos Bible Software.