PSALMS 30


     We will begin this lesson by giving Psalm chapter 29 in metre.

                   THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE

                           Chapter 29

verse 1  "Ye sons of the mighty, give ye to Jehovah, O give to him
          honor and strength evermore, O give to the name of Jehovah
          due glory; In beauty of holiness bow and adore."
verse 2  "The voice of Jehovah comes over the waters; His voice o'er
          the vast and deep ocean is heard: The God of all glory is
          speaking in thunder; How mighty, how awful the voice of the
          Lord!"
verse 3  "The voice of Jehovah is breaking the cedars; The cedars
          which Lebanon's summit adorn; Yea, Lebanon, Sirion, too, He
          is making To leap like a calf or young unicorn."
verse 4  "The voice of Jehovah the burning flame severs, It makes the
          hinds calve, and the forest lay bare; It shakes the great
          desert, the desert of Kadesh; All join in His temple his
          praise to declare.
verse 5  "Upon the great waters Jehovah is seated, A King whose
          dominion is never to cease. Jehovah with power will
          strengthen His people; Jehovah will bless all His people
          with peace."

     We will now begin the verse by verse study of the 29th Psalm.
Portions of this Psalm are used in the synagogue on the feast of
Pentecost. Psalms 29:1 "{A Psalm of David.} Give unto the LORD, O ye
mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength."

     We know that mere man can not really give God any thing except
our prayers and praise. God really does not need us, we need Him. He
loves us and wants us, but it is not necessary for His existence. On
the other hand, our entire existence depends upon God. The mighty
mentioned here are probably men who have attained world fame. The
famous of this world must give thanks and praise to God the same as
every one else. I am what I am, because God made me what I am. We see,
in this first verse, that God deserves all the glory and all the
praise and He is the all powerful one. We may offer our bodies in
sacrifice to Him, but it strengthens Him not at all. The Creator has
power over His creation.

     Psalms 29:2 "Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name;
worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness."

     Holiness in anyone is beautiful. We know when the high priest was
in the sanctuary, he had 2 garments to wear. When he presented God to
the people, He wore the beautiful garment with the breastplate of
jewels. When he presented the people to God in the most holy place, he
wore linen with no ornaments at all. This tells me that God offers it
all to us. We have nothing to offer Him, but ourselves washed in the
blood of the Lamb. Our righteousness is the linen garment that Jesus
gave us in exchange for our sins. This linen garment that the
Christian wears is snow white, because it has been washed in the blood
of the Lamb. Revelation 7:14 "And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest.
And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation,
and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb." All glory is due Him. I love the song: TO GOD BE THE GLORY.

     Psalms 29:3 "The voice of the LORD [is] upon the waters: the God
of glory thundereth: the LORD [is] upon many waters."

     God speaks to His people through the elements of nature. When the
children of Israel were on their way to the promised land, God spoke
to them. Most of them thought that it thundered. Moses understood the
Words of God that sounded like thunder to the people. The sea must
obey the voice of God. We know that Jesus walked upon the waters, and
He, also, spoke to the angry sea and the waves calmed down.

     Psalms 29:4 "The voice of the LORD [is] powerful; the voice of
the LORD [is] full of majesty."

     We know, from the gospels, that the voice of Jesus when the
soldiers came to take Him, knocked the soldiers backwards. John 18:6
" As soon then as he had said unto them, I am [he], they went
backward, and fell to the ground." The voice of God controls the
entire universe. God tells the lightning to strike. God controls the
wind, the sea, in fact, every element in the universe. The voice of
the Lord from the burning bush affected Moses' life from then on. We
will never be able to truly know the majesty of God in reality, until
we get to heaven.

     Psalms 29:5 "The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the
LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon."

     At the voice of the Lord, the tornado strikes. Great trees and
old trees in the path of the storm are toppled over. The cedar of
Lebanon was thought of as a very durable tree, but to the voice of
God, it is nothing.

     Psalms 29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and
Sirion like a young unicorn.

     We know that even the mountains will be removed by the voice of
God. Isaiah 54:10 "For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be
removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the
covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on
thee."  The authority in the voice of God makes any mountain obey,
whether it is a physical mountain, or a spiritual mountain. Jesus
said, Mark 11:23 "For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say
unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;
and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things
which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith."

     Psalms 29:7 "The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire."
     We know that this very thing happened when Shadrack, Mesheck, and
Abednego were thrown into the fire. The fire was parted, and their
clothes were not even singed. The fire had been heated 7 times as hot
as normal. There was a forth being in the fire like unto the Son of
God. We, also, know that lightning is a streak of fire. God Can direct
it wherever He chooses.

     Psalms 29:8 "The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the
LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh."

     The world, and everything and everyone in it, was created by the
spoken Word of God. God said: Let there be, and there was. A
wilderness can be removed in an instant from one breath of God.
Earthquakes, and all sorts of turmoils of nature, are controlled by
Almighty God. David speaks of Kadesh, because it is familiar to him.
There will be before the end of time, an earthquake which will be felt
over the entire earth. My own personal belief in this, is that God
allows these things to happen to get people to repent. In Revelation,
we read of the plagues, and each time it would be followed by, And
they repented not. The most devout atheist will have to admit that
someone greater than himself is in control of nature.

     Psalms 29:9 "The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and
discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of
[his] glory."

     It seems that animals have great terror at time of terrible
storms, and sometimes they have their offsprings early from terror.
Around the throne in heaven, we see much praise to God. Let us take a
look and see what goes on in the real temple in heaven.  Revelation
4:8 "And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and
[they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night,
saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is
to come." Revelation 4:9 "And when those beasts give glory and honour
and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and
ever," Revelation 4:10 "The four and twenty elders fall down before
him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and
ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,"  Revelation
4:11 "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power:
for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and
were created."  On this earth, Christians are the temple of God. Is
your temple filled continually with praise to God?

     Psalms 29:10 "The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD
sitteth King for ever."

     The Lord stopped the flood in Noah's time, and He will stop the
flood of problems in our lives today. The people, who disregarded God
in Noah's time, learned a very hard lesson. The Lord He is God. He is
God of the past, God of the now, and God of the future. His reign is
forever. He is the great I AM. He is the eternal One. He is the Alpha
and Omega, the Beginning and the End. Jesus will reign on this earth
1000 years and then for all of eternity in heaven.

     Psalms 29:11 "The LORD will give strength unto his people; the
LORD will bless his people with peace."

     Christians will reign with Jesus as His subordinates. He is King
of kings and Lord of lords. Jesus is the King of Peace. Those, who
ride out the storms of life steadfast in their faith, will live in
peace with Jesus.

     I want to bring one Scripture to our attention about all these
voices of God we have studied in this lesson. Revelation 4:5 "And out
of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and
[there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are
the seven Spirits of God."  This Scripture alone allows us to know
where these mighty voices come from.








































                             Questions 30

1.  At what feast day are some of the verses of this Psalm used in the
    synagogue?
2.  What are the only things, really, that man can give to God?
3.  In verse 1, the mention of the mighty is possibly speaking of
    whom?
4.  Why am I what I am?
5.  The Creator has power over His _________.
6.  Describe the 2 different garments that the high priest wore.
7.  How is the only way that we are acceptable to God?
8.  What color is the linen garment Jesus gave the Christians to wear?
9.  God speaks to His people sometimes through the elements of ______.
10. The children of Israel thought it thundered when they heard the
    voice of God, who understood what He was saying?
11. What were 2 incidents that showed that Jesus had authority over
    the sea?
12. Quote John chapter 18 verse 6.
13. What changed the life of Moses at the burning bush?
14. When will we fully recognize the majesty of God?
15. What tree was thought to be very durable?
16. What does Isaiah chapter 54 verse 10 tell us about the effect of
    God's voice on the mountains?
17. What statement did Jesus make to believers about the mountain?
18. Who were the three men in the fire that God saved?
19. Who was the fourth in the fire?
20. Earthquakes, and all turmoils, are in whose control?
21. Why does God allow earthquakes and other natural disasters?
22. What is one thing that even an atheist must admit?
23. Where is the temple of God, that the other temples are patterned
    from?
24. What were the 4 beast around the throne crying?
25. What were the 24 elders doing?
26. Why was the earth, and all things in it, created?
27. On this earth, what is the temple of God?
28. When is God, God?
29. Name a few names that show the eternity of God.
30. Who will live in peace with Jesus?
31. What can we learn about these voices from Revelation chapter 4
    verse 5?