上帝威严的声音

大卫的诗。

29 上帝的众子啊,
要赞美耶和华,
赞美祂的荣耀和能力,
要赞美祂荣耀的名,
穿上圣洁的衣服敬拜祂。
耶和华的声音回荡在海上,
荣耀的上帝打雷,
在洪涛之上打雷。
耶和华的声音充满能力;
耶和华的声音充满威严。
耶和华的声音震断香柏树,
耶和华劈碎黎巴嫩的香柏树,
使黎巴嫩山跳跃如小牛,
西连山跳跃如野牛。
耶和华的声音携闪电而来,
震动旷野,
震动加低斯的旷野。
耶和华的声音击倒橡树[a]
使树木凋零。
众人在祂殿中高呼:
“荣耀归于耶和华!”
10 耶和华坐在洪涛之上,
耶和华永远坐着为王。
11 耶和华赐力量给自己的子民,
赐给他们平安的福乐。

Footnotes

  1. 29:9 击倒橡树”或译“使母鹿生产”。

上帝威嚴的聲音

大衛的詩。

29 上帝的眾子啊,
要讚美耶和華,
讚美祂的榮耀和能力,
要讚美祂榮耀的名,
穿上聖潔的衣服敬拜祂。
耶和華的聲音迴盪在海上,
榮耀的上帝打雷,
在洪濤之上打雷。
耶和華的聲音充滿能力;
耶和華的聲音充滿威嚴。
耶和華的聲音震斷香柏樹,
耶和華劈碎黎巴嫩的香柏樹,
使黎巴嫩山跳躍如小牛,
西連山跳躍如野牛。
耶和華的聲音攜閃電而來,
震動曠野,
震動加低斯的曠野。
耶和華的聲音擊倒橡樹[a]
使樹木凋零。
眾人在祂殿中高呼:
「榮耀歸於耶和華!」
10 耶和華坐在洪濤之上,
耶和華永遠坐著為王。
11 耶和華賜力量給自己的子民,
賜給他們平安的福樂。

Footnotes

  1. 29·9 擊倒橡樹」或譯「使母鹿生產」。

The Voice of the Lord

A psalm of David.

29 Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings,[a]
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord
in the splendour of his holiness.[b](A)

The voice of the Lord is above the waters.
The God of glory thunders –
the Lord, above the vast water,(B)
the voice of the Lord in power,
the voice of the Lord in splendour.(C)
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.(D)
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,(E)
and Sirion, like a young wild ox.(F)
The voice of the Lord flashes flames of fire.(G)
The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.(H)
The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth[c](I)
and strips the woodlands bare.(J)

In his temple all cry, ‘Glory! ’

10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned, King for ever.(K)
11 The Lord gives his people strength;(L)
the Lord blesses his people with peace.(M)

Footnotes

  1. 29:1 Or you sons of gods, or you sons of mighty ones
  2. 29:2 Or in holy attire, or in holy appearance
  3. 29:9 Or the oaks shake

Psalm 29[a]

The Lord of Majesty Acclaimed as King of the World

A psalm of David.

I

Give to the Lord, you sons of God,[b]
    give to the Lord glory and might;
Give to the Lord the glory due his name.
    Bow down before the Lord’s holy splendor!(A)

II

The voice of the Lord[c] is over the waters;
    the God of glory thunders,
    the Lord, over the mighty waters.
The voice of the Lord is power;
    the voice of the Lord is splendor.(B)
The voice of the Lord cracks the cedars;
    the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon,
Makes Lebanon leap like a calf,
    and Sirion[d] like a young bull.
The voice of the Lord strikes with fiery flame;
    the voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
    the Lord shakes the desert of Kadesh.
[e]The voice of the Lord makes the deer dance
    and strips the forests bare.
    All in his Temple say, “Glory!”

III

10 The Lord sits enthroned above the flood![f](C)
    The Lord reigns as king forever!
11 May the Lord give might to his people;[g]
    may the Lord bless his people with peace!(D)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 29 The hymn invites the members of the heavenly court to acknowledge God’s supremacy by ascribing glory and might to God alone (Ps 29:1–2a, 9b). Divine glory and might are dramatically visible in the storm (Ps 29:3–9a). The storm apparently comes from the Mediterranean onto the coast of Syria-Palestine and then moves inland. In Ps 29:10 the divine beings acclaim God’s eternal kingship. The Psalm concludes with a prayer that God will impart the power just displayed to the Israelite king and through the king to Israel.
  2. 29:1 Sons of God: members of the heavenly court who served Israel’s God in a variety of capacities.
  3. 29:3 The voice of the Lord: the sevenfold repetition of the phrase imitates the sound of crashing thunder and may allude to God’s primordial slaying of Leviathan, the seven-headed sea monster of Canaanite mythology.
  4. 29:6 Sirion: the Phoenician name for Mount Hermon, cf. Dt 3:9.
  5. 29:9b–10 Having witnessed God’s supreme power (Ps 29:3–9a), the gods acknowledge the glory that befits the king of the divine and human world.
  6. 29:10 The flood: God defeated the primordial waters and made them part of the universe, cf. Ps 89:10–13; 93:3–4.
  7. 29:11 His people: God’s people, Israel.