Psalm 29 is the 29th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the
King James Version
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: "Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength". The Book of Psalms is part of the
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of the
Hebrew Bible
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Septuagint
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and Latin
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translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 28. In Latin, it is known as "Adferte Domino filii Dei". The psalm is attributed to
David
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. It is a hymn, describing the advent of Yahweh in a storm.
The psalm forms a regular part of
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, Anglican and Nonconformist Protestant liturgies.
Text
Hebrew Bible version
Following is the Hebrew text of Psalm 29:
King James Version
# Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
# Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
# The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
# The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
# The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
# He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
# The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
# The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
# The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
# The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
# The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
Verse 2
:''Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.''
The same words as verse 2b, ''worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness'', arise in . These words form the title of a hymn by Irish clergyman John Samuel Bewley Monsell. Alexander Kirkpatrick comments that
Theme
Psalm 29 is "a hymn, describing the advent of Yahweh in a storm. (1) The angels worship Yahweh in the heavenly temple (v.1-2); (2) the thunder of Yahweh's voice is a great power (''a'') on the waters (v.3-4); (''b'') upon
Lebanon
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and its cedars (v.5-6); (''c'') upon the wilderness and its forests (v.8-9); (3) Yahweh, enthroned over the Flood, reigns forever and bestows blessings on his people (v.10-11)."
According to Charles and Emilie Briggs, it "seems to belong to the Persian period subsequent to
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", that is, between 445 and 333 BCE.For the date of Nehemiah, see For the end of the Persian period, see
Uses
Judaism
*Is the sixth paragraph of
Kabbalat Shabbat
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Shacharit
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Different traditions identify different primary components o ...
as when returning the
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to the ark.
*Is recited in some congregations before
Maariv
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The service will often begin with two verses from Psalms ...
on
Motzei Shabbat The term Motza'ei Shabbat ( he, מוצאי שבת—literally, the going out of the Sabbath) in Judaism refers to the time in the evening immediately following Shabbat, that is Saturday night. It is a time when, following one's declaration of the i ...
.
*Is recited on the third day of Sukkot in some traditions.The Artscroll Tehillim, page 329
*Is recited on Shavuot in some traditions.
*Verse 11 is part of Talmud Berachos 64a. It is the final verse of
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, is recited during the prayers following
Motzei Shabbat The term Motza'ei Shabbat ( he, מוצאי שבת—literally, the going out of the Sabbath) in Judaism refers to the time in the evening immediately following Shabbat, that is Saturday night. It is a time when, following one's declaration of the i ...
Maariv
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The service will often begin with two verses from Psalms ...
, and is recited when opening the
Hakafot
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In Judaism, ...
on
Simchat Torah
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.
Book of Common Prayer
In the
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Book of Common Prayer
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Heinrich Schütz
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wrote a setting of a metric paraphrase of Psalm 28 in German, "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Gott, mein Hort",
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125, for the ''
Becker Psalter
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'', published first in 1628.
References
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