Yahweh’s voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, “Glory!”
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
- NKJV The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth, And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!”
- NASB The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everything says, “Glory!”
- NLT The voice of the Lord twists mighty oaks and strips the forests bare. In his Temple everyone shouts, “Glory!”
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Quick answer
God's voice causes the deer to give birth and strips the forests bare, while in His temple all cry 'Glory!' It joins creation's upheaval with heaven's worship.
Overview
The storm's effects on the natural world lead to a climactic chorus of praise in God's temple. Creation's response to God's power evokes worship from those in His presence. The proper end of beholding God's majesty is to ascribe glory to Him, the response Christ secures for the redeemed.
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Cross-references · 10
- Ps 46:2–5Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
- Ps 26:8Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
- Ps 48:9We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.
- Ezek 20:46–48“Son of man, set your face toward the south, and preach toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
- Job 39:1–3“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
- Ps 135:1–2Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh’s name! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh,
- Isa 9:18For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
- Ps 134:1–2A Song of Ascents. Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of Yahweh, who stand by night in Yahweh’s house!
- Isa 10:18–19He will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints.
- Ps 63:2So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
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