Psalms 29:10

The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְ֭הוָה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
sitteth	יָשָׁ֑ב ya.Shav	H3427	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
flood	לַמַּבּ֣וּל la.ma.Bul	H3999	a deluge · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְ֝הוָ֗ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
sitteth	וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev	H3427	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
King	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular absolute
ever	לְעוֹלָֽם le.'o.Lam	H5769	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; a…
Psalms 10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
1 Timothy 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Mark 4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
Genesis 8:1-2 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth…
Job 38:8-11 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Job 38:25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Psalms 2:6-9 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 29:1–end

In this psalm we have, I. A demand of the homage of the great men of the earth to be paid to the great God. Every clap of thunder David interpreted as a call to himself and other princes to give glory to the great God. Observe, 1. Who they are that are called to this duty: "O you mighty (Psa 29:1), you sons of the mighty, who have power, and on whom that power is devolved by succession and inheritance, who have royal blood running in your veins!" It is much for the honour of the great God that the men of this world should pay their homage to him; and they are bound to do it, not only because, high as they are, he is infinitely above them, and therefore they must bow to him, but because they…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 29:10

Over this terrible raging of the elements God is enthroned, directing and restraining by sovereign power; and hence the comfort of His people. "This awful God is ours, our Father and our Love." Next: Psalms Chapter 30

John Gill on Psalms 29:10

The Lord sitteth upon the flood,.... Noah's flood; which is always designed by the word here used, the Lord sat and judged the old world for its wickedness, and brought a flood upon them, and destroyed them; and then he abated it, sent a wind to assuage the waters, stopped up the windows of heaven, and the fountains of the great deep, and restrained rain from heaven; and he now sits upon the confidence of waters in the heavens, at the time of a thunder storm, which threatens with an overflowing flood; and he remembers his covenant, and restrains them from destroying the earth any more: and he sits upon the floods of ungodly men, and stops their rage and fury, and suffers them not to proceed…

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John Calvin on Psalms 29:9–end

Psalm 29:9-11 9. The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to bring forth, and discovereth [or maketh bare] the forests, and in his temple every one speaketh of his praise. 10. Jehovah sitteth upon the flood; Jehovah, I say, sitteth king for ever. 11. Jehovah will give strength to his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace. 9. The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to bring forth [615] A tacit comparison, as I have said, is here made. It is worse than irrational, it is monstrous, that men are not moved at God's voice, when it has such power and influence on wild beasts. It is base ingratitude, indeed, in men not to perceive his providence and government in the whole course of nature;…

The Church Fathers

God sits in the soul that shines from its washing, as if he were making it a throne for himself.
— Basil of Caesarea, HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 13:8 (PS 29)

He will build a world that is inundated with the torrent of iniquity, will restore it and will make it a new creation. Hence blessed Paul also cries aloud, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation."
— Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 29:9

The Lord lives in the flood, that is, in water that washes away faults, and in that same water, the King sits forever. There he gives strength to the people, the ones believing him. He blesses his people in peace.
— Arnobius the Younger, COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 29

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena · 9:7;26:7,8,11;27:20,21;28:24-27;29:19;36:27-33;37:6-22;38:8-11,22,24-29,31-35,37; — 9:7;26:7,8,11;27:20,21;28:24-27;29:19;36:27-33;37:6-22;38:8-11,22,24-29,31-35,37;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 29:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 29:1–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 29:10

John Gill on Psalms 29:10

John Calvin on Psalms 29:9–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 29:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 29:1–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 29:10

John Gill on Psalms 29:10

John Calvin on Psalms 29:9–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 29:10–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 29:10

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 29:10