The Voice of the Lord

¹Ascribe to the Lord , you heavenly beings,[#29:1 Or you sons of gods , or you sons of mighty ones]

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

²Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

worship the Lord

in the splendor of his holiness. ,

³The voice of the Lord is above the waters.

The God of glory thunders —

the Lord , above the vast water,

⁴the voice of the Lord in power,

the voice of the Lord in splendor.

⁵The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;

the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,[#29:6 Ps 114:4,6]

and Sirion, like a young wild ox.

⁷The voice of the Lord flashes flames of fire.[#29:7 Dt 4:12,33]

⁸The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;

the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth ,[#29:9 Or the oaks shake; #29:9 Jb 39:1–3]

and strips the woodlands bare.

In his temple all cry, “Glory! ”

¹⁰The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;

the Lord sits enthroned, King forever.

¹¹The Lord gives his people strength;[#29:11 Ps 10:17; 28:8; 68:35]

the Lord blesses his people with peace.