Psalms Chapter 29 verse 9 Holy Bible
The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.
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At the voice of the Lord the roes give birth, the leaves are taken from the trees: in his Temple everything says, Glory.
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The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, and layeth bare the forests; and in his temple doth every one say, Glory!
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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.
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The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and maketh bare the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
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Yahweh's voice makes the deer calve, And strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, "Glory!"
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The voice of Jehovah paineth the oaks, And maketh bare the forests, And in His temple every one saith, `Glory.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve. Plutarch says, "Shepherds accustom their flocks in a thunderstorm to keep together, and put their heads in the same direction; for such as are left alone and separated from the rest through terror cast their young" ('Sympos.,' Quest. 2.). And Pliny, "Solitary sheep cast their lambs in thunderstorms; the remedy is to keep the flock together, since it helps them to have company." A traveller in South Africa observes, "In Bechuanaland, when there are heavy thunderstorms, the antelopes flee in consternation; and the poor Bechuanas start off on the morning following such a storm in quest of the young which have been cast through horror" (see Moffat's 'South Africa,' quoted by Dr. Kay, in his 'Commentary on the Psalms,' p. 93). And discovereth the forests; or, strippeth the forests. Denudes them of their leaves and branches. And in his temple doth every one speak of his glory; i.e. his grand temple, or palace (heykal), of heaven and earth. In this temple "every one," or rather everything, all that is in it. is continually speaking of his glory (literally, "says, Glory!").
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Maketh the hinds to calve.--Literally, maketh the hinds writhe (with pain). (See margin. Comp. Job 39:1, where the hind's habit of hiding its young for safety is alluded to, a habit which the violence of the storm makes it forget.) Both Plutarch and Pliny notice the custom of shepherds to collect their flocks during a thunderstorm, for such as are left alone and are separated, are apt, through terror, to cast their young.Discovereth the forests.--The word "discovereth" comes from the LXX. and Vulgate. Literally, peels or strips--the effects both of wind and lightning. Passing over the sands of the Arabah, the storm has reached the "acacias and palms and vegetation which clothe the rocks of granite and porphyry in the neighbourhood of Petra." Forests may seem rather a large word for such vegetation, but Stanley remarks of the Arabah that "the shrubs at times give it almost the appearance of a jungle." Similar effects of a storm upon a forest are described by Tennyson in Vivien:"Scarce had she ceased when out of heaven a bolt(For now the storm was close above them) struck,Furrowing a giant oak, and javeliningWith darted spikes and splinters of the woodThe dark earth round. He raised his eyes and sawThe tree that shone white-listed thro' the gloom."In his temple.--Better, in his palace--i.e., the heavenly palace, as in Psalm 11:4; Psalm 18:6. (See Psalm 29:1.) The angelic spectators of the magnificent drama enacted below them cry (not merely speak of, as Authorised Version, but utter the word) each one, "Glory," obeying the poet's invocation in the prelude. . . .
