1A psalm of David.
Give to the Lord , you sons of God,
give to the Lord glory and might;
2Give to the Lord the glory due his name.
Bow down before the Lord ’s holy splendor!
3The voice of the Lord is over the waters;[#ord : the sevenfold repetition of the phrase imitates the sound of crashing thunder and may allude to God’s primordial slaying of Leviathan, the seven-headed sea monster of Canaanite mythology.]
the God of glory thunders,
the Lord , over the mighty waters.
4The voice of the Lord is power;
the voice of the Lord is splendor.
5The voice of the Lord cracks the cedars;
the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon,
6Makes Lebanon leap like a calf,
and Sirion like a young bull.
7The voice of the Lord strikes with fiery flame;
8the voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
the Lord shakes the desert of Kadesh.
9The voice of the Lord makes the deer dance[#29:9b–10] Having witnessed God’s supreme power (Ps 29:3–9a), the gods acknowledge the glory that befits the king of the divine and human world.]
and strips the forests bare.
All in his Temple say, “Glory!”
10The Lord sits enthroned above the flood![#: God defeated the primordial waters and made them part of the universe, cf. Ps 89:10–13; 93:3–4.; #Bar 3:3.]
The Lord reigns as king forever!
11May the Lord give might to his people;[#: God’s people, Israel.]
may the Lord bless his people with peace!