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Salmos 29

VBL · Chapter 29/150

1Un Salmo de David. Honren al Señor, hijos de Dios, honren su gloria y su poder.

2Honren al Señor por su glorioso carácter, inclínense con reverencia al Señor en su majestuosa santidad.

3La voz del Señor se escucha sobre los mares. El Dios de gloria truena. Los truenos del Señor se escuchan sobre el vasto océano.

4La voz del Señor es poderosa; la voz del Señor es majestuosa;

5la voz del Señor destruye los cedros, incluso rompe los cedros del Líbano.

6Hace que las montañas del Líbano salten como un ternero, y el monte Hermon como un joven buey salvaje.

7La voz del Señor resplandece como rayos de luz.

8La voz del Señor causa terremotos en el desierto; el desierto de Kadesh tiembla.

9La voz del Señor hace que la cierva embarazada entre en labores de parto; desnuda los bosques. En su Templo todos los adoradores cantan, “¡Gloria!”

10El Señor se sienta en su trono sobre las aguas tormentosas; el Señor es el Rey eternal.

11El Señor le da fuerza a su pueblo; el Señor los bendice con 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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