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Psalm 29:3
The LORD’s voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even the LORD on many waters.
1A Psalm by David. Ascribe to the LORD, you sons of the mighty, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
2Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Worship the LORD in holy array.
3The LORD’s voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even the LORD on many waters.
4The LORD’s voice is powerful. The LORD’s voice is full of majesty.
5The LORD’s voice breaks the cedars. Yes, the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
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Thunder over many waters gives this portrait of God a vastness that can unsettle small, tame expectations of what his glory means.
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Job 37:2–5Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes out of his mouth.Both passages describe God’s voice as something heard with force, with Job urging listeners to attend to its sound.
Psalm 93:3–4The floods have lifted up, LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.Both passages join waters and voice: Psalm 29 names the LORD’s voice, while Psalm 93 describes the floods raising theirs.
Ephesians 1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,Glory names something of who God is in both passages, whether amid thunder or in a prayer for knowledge of him.
Exodus 9:33Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to the LORD; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.Thunder is associated with the LORD in both texts; Exodus describes it ceasing after Moses spreads out his hands to him.
Job 26:14Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”Both passages connect thunder with God, while Job contrasts the small whisper heard of him with the thunder of his power.
Acts 7:2He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,Both use the name “The God of glory,” describing him thundering over waters and appearing to Abraham.
Psalm 77:16–19The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.Both portray waters in relation to God’s presence: his voice is on them in Psalm 29, and they writhe in Psalm 77.
Psalm 18:13–15The LORD also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.Both passages identify thunder with the LORD’s voice, portraying his speech through the force and sound of a storm.
Exodus 19:16On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and …Thunder is the shared sound, heard over waters in Psalm 29 and at the mountain where the people tremble in Exodus.
Exodus 9:28Pray to the LORD; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”Both connect thunder with the LORD; Psalm 29 praises his glory, while Exodus records a plea for the thunderings to end.
Matthew 8:26–27He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.Both portray authority amid waters: the LORD’s voice sounds over them, and Jesus rebukes the wind and sea.
Revelation 8:5The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, then threw it on the earth. Thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake followed.Thunder appears in both scenes, though Psalm 29 names it as God’s voice and Revelation places it after the censer reaches earth.
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