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Psalm 29:10
The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, the LORD sits as King forever.
8The LORD’s voice shakes the wilderness. The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9The LORD’s voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, “Glory!”
10The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, the LORD sits as King forever.
11The LORD will give strength to his people. The LORD will bless his people with peace.
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The words “sat enthroned” reach back to the Flood, while “sits as King forever” carries God's reign beyond every limit you can see.
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Psalm 89:9You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.Both passages describe God's rule over waters: he is enthroned at the Flood and rules the sea when its waves rise.
Genesis 6:17I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is on the earth …The Flood links these texts: Genesis describes God sending its deadly waters, and the psalm declares him enthroned at that event.
Psalm 10:16The LORD is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.Both psalms declare that the LORD is King forever, affirming that his reign has no end.
1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.God's enduring kingship joins these passages: the psalm declares his reign forever, and Timothy offers honor to the eternal King.
Mark 4:39He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm.Both passages portray authority over threatening waters: the LORD reigns at the Flood, and Jesus commands the sea to be still.
Daniel 6:26“I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God, and steadfast forever. His …The psalm's King forever shares Daniel's declaration that God's kingdom cannot be destroyed and his dominion endures.
Exodus 15:18The LORD will reign forever and ever.”Both passages declare the LORD's unending reign, with Exodus praising the same enduring kingship named in the psalm.
Mark 4:41They were greatly afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”Authority over waters connects the LORD enthroned at the Flood with the disciples' astonishment that the sea obeys Jesus.
Psalm 77:19Your way was through the sea, your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.Both passages speak of God amid great waters: enthroned at the Flood here, with a path through the sea there.
Genesis 8:1–2God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.The Flood connects these passages: the psalm names God's kingship, while Genesis describes God remembering Noah and causing the waters to subside.
Job 38:8–11“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,Both texts portray divine authority in relation to vast waters, through the throne at the Flood and doors shutting in the sea.
Job 26:12He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.God's power over waters links his throne at the Flood with Job's account of his power over the sea.
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Faith in God's reign leaves room to name the terror of the Flood. His kingship was real then, and it has no end.
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