² Listen carefully to the thunder of God’s voice
    as it rolls from his mouth.

³ The voice of the Lord echoes above the sea.
    The God of glory thunders.
    The Lord thunders over the mighty sea.
⁴ The voice of the Lord is powerful;
    the voice of the Lord is majestic.
⁵ The voice of the Lord splits the mighty cedars;
    the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
⁶ He makes Lebanon’s mountains skip like a calf;
    he makes Mount Hermon^[a] leap like a young wild ox.
⁷ The voice of the Lord strikes
    with bolts of lightning.
⁸ The voice of the Lord makes the barren wilderness quake;
    the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
⁹ The voice of the Lord twists mighty oaks^[b]
    and strips the forests bare.
In his Temple everyone shouts, “Glory!”

⁵ God’s voice is glorious in the thunder.
    We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power.

³³ The thunder announces his presence;
    the storm announces his indignant anger.^[a]

⁷ At your command, the water fled;
    at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.

²⁹ Who can understand the spreading of the clouds
    and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?