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Salmos 29

BLIVRE · Chapter 29/150

1Salmo de Davi: Reconhecei ao SENHOR, vós filhos dos poderosos, reconhecei ao SENHOR [sua] glória e força.

2Reconhecei ao SENHOR a glória de seu nome; adorai ao SENHOR na honra da santidade.

3A voz do SEHOR [percorre por] sobre as águas; o Deus da glória troveja; o SENHOR [está] sobre muitas águas.

4A voz do SENHOR [é] poderosa; a voz do SENHOR [é] gloriosa.

5A voz do SENHOR quebra aos cedros; o SENHOR quebra aos cedros do Líbano.

6Ele os faz saltar como bezerros; ao Líbano e a Sírion como a filhotes de bois selvagens.

7A voz do SENHOR faz chamas de fogo se separarem.

8A voz do SENHOR faz tremer o deserto; o SENHOR faz tremer o deserto de Cades.

9A voz do SENHOR faz as cervas terem filhotes, e tira a cobertura das florestas; e em seu templo todos falam de [sua] glória.

10O SENHOR se sentou sobre as muitas águas [como dilúvio] ; e o SENHOR se sentará como rei para sempre.

11O SENHOR dará força a seu povo; o SENHOR abençoará a seu povo com paz.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

The psalm calls the mighty to give glory to the LORD, describing His powerful voice manifested in a storm — breaking cedars, shaking the wilderness — and ending with the promise that God will give strength and peace to His people.

Explanation

This psalm is one of the most vivid descriptions of theophany (a visible manifestation of God) through a natural phenomenon: a storm that moves from Lebanon to the wilderness of Kadesh, showing God's power over all creation. The sevenfold repetition of the phrase 'the voice of the LORD' is a poetic device that emphasizes totality and completeness. Many scholars note similarities with Canaanite hymns dedicated to the storm god Baal, suggesting that the psalmist deliberately attributed to Yahweh the power that neighboring peoples attributed to other deities. Today's application: even the most impressive natural phenomena point to a Creator greater than themselves.

Fun facts

  • The phrase 'the voice of the LORD' repeats exactly seven times in this psalm, a numerical pattern the Hebrews associated with completeness and perfection.
  • Scholars point to strong parallels between this psalm and ancient Canaanite hymns dedicated to Baal, the storm god — suggesting the Israelite author consciously repurposed this poetic language to declare that it is Yahweh, not Baal, who truly controls the storms.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Salmos 29:1Opens the psalm summoning the most powerful beings that exist, probably angels or heavenly beings, to acknowledge the glory and strength that belong to God alone.
  2. Salmos 29:2Continues the summons, asking that the glory given be proportional to God’s own name, in worship described as something beautiful, not heavy or forced.
  3. Salmos 29:3Begins the central part of the psalm, where thunder is treated as God’s own voice echoing over the waters, a way of showing dominion over nature’s most chaotic forces.
  4. Salmos 29:4Repeats the phrase “the voice of the LORD”, a refrain repeated several times in the psalm, here highlighting the power and majesty contained in that thunder.
  5. Salmos 29:5The cedars of Lebanon were giant, sturdy trees, the ultimate symbol of strength in the region; saying that the LORD’s voice breaks them like twigs describes the power of thunder strong enough to shake even the firmest things that exist.
  6. Salmos 29:6Again, the word “unicorn” is the old translation for a strong wild ox, the aurochs, not the mythical animal. The image is of entire mountains skipping like frightened calves, an exaggerated way of describing an earthquake or a very powerful thunderclap.
  7. Salmos 29:7Continues the sequence of storm images, now comparing lightning to flames of fire being cut through by the thunder.
  8. Salmos 29:8Extends the storm’s reach to a specific desert, that of Kadesh, showing that not even the most arid and distant places escape the power of that voice.
  9. Salmos 29:9There is disagreement among translators over this passage: it may mean the thunder is so strong it startles the female deer enough to cause premature birth, or, in an alternate reading, that the storm strips the bark off the trees of the forest. Both readings show the same power of the divine storm.
  10. Salmos 29:10After all the storm described, the final image is of a throne: God is seated above even the waters of the flood, reigning forever, above any chaos.
  11. Salmos 29:11Closes the psalm with a surprising turn: the same voice powerful enough to shake deserts and break cedars is the one who gives strength and peace to His own people.

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