{"id":1797,"date":"2015-11-04T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=1797"},"modified":"2022-08-30T09:18:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T13:18:27","slug":"psalm-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/psalm-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Psalm 29<\/strong> is an offering of praise written by David. It naturally divides into three sections, each with a focus on specific attribute or characteristic of God. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Psalm 29:1-2 focuses on God\u2019s character.<\/span> Three times David commanded that the readers should <em>\u201cacknowledge\u201d<\/em> something about God. Interestingly, the \u201creaders\u201d are described as (literally) \u201cthe sons of God,\u201d a term used in the Old Testament for at least some of the angels. They were to recognize, acknowledge, and worship God for his <em>\u201cmajesty and power.\u201d<\/em> He deserves this praise because of his name or <em>\u201creputation,\u201d<\/em> Jehovah, the eternal one.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Psalm 29:3-9 focuses on God\u2019s power.<\/span> Each verse in this section (except verse six) begins with exactly the same phrase, <em>\u201cthe LORD\u2019s shout\u201d<\/em> (NET) or \u201cvoice\u201d (most other translations), and each one offers a visual description of what God can do simply by commanding it to happen. He can affect the seas and the land, the enormous trees and the lightning. His word affects populous nations, like Lebanon; mountains, like Sirion (Mt. Hermon; Deuteronomy 3:9); and even the desert, like Kadesh. The biggest and fiercest parts of creation are all subject to his word.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Psalm 29:10-11 focuses on God\u2019s sovereignty.<\/span> In these last two verses, God is pictured sitting on top of the creation \u201cas the eternal king.\u201d Everything is below him and a part of his rule. Because of this he can give \u201chis people strength\u201d and grant them \u201csecurity.\u201d&nbsp;What a privilege it is that he allows&nbsp;us to call him \u201cFather\u201d and have access to him through Jesus.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 29 is an offering of praise written by David. It naturally divides into three sections, each with a focus on specific attribute or characteristic of God. Psalm 29:1-2 focuses on God\u2019s character. Three times David commanded that the readers should \u201cacknowledge\u201d something about God. Interestingly, the \u201creaders\u201d are described as (literally) \u201cthe sons of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[85,92],"class_list":["post-1797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-studies","tag-deuteronomy","tag-psalms"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"widget-thumbnail":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Daniel Goepfrich","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/author\/dgoepfrich\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Psalm 29 is an offering of praise written by David. 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