1 A Psalm. Of David. Give to the Lord, you sons of the gods, give to the Lord glory and strength. 2 Give to the Lord the full glory of his name; give him worship in holy robes. 3 The voice of the Lord is on the waters: the God of glory is thundering, the Lord is on the great waters. 4 The voice of the Lord is full of power; the voice of the Lord has a noble sound. 5 By the voice of the Lord are the cedar-trees broken, even the cedars of Lebanon are broken by the Lord. 6 He makes them go jumping about like a young ox; Lebanon and Sirion like a young mountain ox. 7 At the voice of the Lord flames of fire are seen. 8 At the voice of the Lord there is a shaking in the waste land, even a shaking in the waste land of Kadesh. 9 At the voice of the Lord the roes give birth, the leaves are taken from the trees: in his Temple everything says, Glory. 10 The Lord had his seat as king when the waters came on the earth; the Lord is seated as king for ever. 11 The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will give his people the blessing of peace.
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (11)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 96:7–9; Revelation 5:11–14; Jeremiah 13:16–18; Isaiah 60:12; Psalm 68:31–34
- 2 Psalm 96:8–9; 1 Chronicles 16:28–29; Psalm 110:3; 2 Chronicles 20:21; Psalm 27:4
- 3 Job 37:2–5; Psalm 93:3–4; Exodus 9:33; Psalm 77:16–19; Exodus 19:16
- 4 Ezekiel 10:5; Psalm 33:9; Psalm 68:33; Jeremiah 51:15–16; Luke 4:36
- 5 Isaiah 2:13; Judges 9:15; Psalm 104:16
- 6 Numbers 23:22; Deuteronomy 3:9; Psalm 114:4–7; Jeremiah 4:23–25; Psalm 92:10
- 7 Psalm 77:18; Exodus 9:23; Leviticus 10:2; Psalm 144:5–6; Job 38:35
- 8 Numbers 13:26; Job 9:6; Psalm 46:3; Psalm 18:7; Isaiah 13:13
- 9 Psalm 46:2–5; Job 39:1–3; Psalm 26:8; Ezekiel 20:46–48; Psalm 48:9
- 10 1 Timothy 1:17; Genesis 6:17; Psalm 10:16; Mark 4:41; Job 38:8–11
- 11 Isaiah 40:31; Numbers 6:24–27; 2 Thessalonians 3:16; Isaiah 41:10; John 16:33
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
It is the Voice of the Mediator Himself, strong of hand in the conflict of the Passion. Now what He seems to wish for against His enemies, is not the wish of malevolence, but the declaration of their punishment; as in the Gospel, with the cities, in which though He had performed miracles, yet they had not believed on Him, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For he was fearful of offending his friends, proud demon-worshippers, from the height of whose Babylonian dignity, as from cedars of Lebanon which had not yet been broken by the Lord, he thought a storm of enmity would descend upon him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
It is that which the Psalmist affirms in saying "The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire." Thus, in the requital which awaits us after this life, a mysterious voice seems to tell us that the double nature of fire will be divided; the just will enjoy its light, and the torment of its heat will be the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
For he rather desired that they should savour of the "cedars" of the schools, which the Lord hath now broken down, than of the wholesome herbs of the Church, hostile to serpents.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)