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Psalm 29 | King James Audio Bible
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Psalm 29 is a hymn that celebrates glory, power and sovereignty of the Lord. The psalm reflects on the divine might displayed through elements of nature, emphasizing the voice of the Lord as a significant force.
From the outset, the psalm calls upon the mighty to ascribe glory and strength to the Lord, highlighting worship and recognition of God’s greatness. This sets the tone for a contemplation of the Lord’s majestic attributes.
A central motif of this psalm is the voice of the Lord, portrayed as a powerful and awe-inducing force. This is likened to thunder over the waters and described as full of majesty. Such imagery intensifies as the voice of the Lord shatters cedars, makes mountains skip, and divides flames of fire. The psalm poetically describes the far-reaching effects of God’s voice on creation, from shaking the wilderness to causing hinds to calve.
Amidst this display of divine power, there is a vivid contrast between the strength and authority of the Lord and the fragility of creation. The psalm emphasizes God’s eternal reign and His role as ultimate source of strength and blessing.
In the closing verses, the psalm concludes with assurance, declaring that the Lord will provide strength to His people and bless them with peace. This underscores the psalm’s message of comfort and security found in acknowledging the Lord’s supremacy.
Psalm 26 | King James Audio Bible KJV
Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength.
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.
The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
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.
The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.
The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
Key Themes Of The Psalm For Reflection | Love Revealed By Jesus Christ
- Divine Majesty and Power: The psalm celebrates the glory, majesty, and overwhelming power of the Lord.
- Worship and Adoration: It calls upon the mighty to ascribe glory and strength to the Lord, emphasizing the act of worship and recognizing God’s greatness.
- The Voice of the Lord: A central motif is the awe-inspiring voice of the Lord, depicted as a potent force affecting nature and creation.
- Contrast of Strength: The psalm highlights the vast difference between the strength and authority of the Lord and the fragility of creation.
- Eternal Reign: God’s eternal reign and sovereignty over all creation are affirmed, portraying Him as the ultimate source of strength and blessing.
- Assurance and Peace: The psalm concludes with a comforting message, assuring that the Lord provides strength and blessings to His people, bringing peace and security.
On Tuesday, His Grace turns to the theme of Jesus’ hidden years. His Grace asks the students to consider questions concerning what really happened: ‘Who, for instance, was Joseph? Was he indeed a carpenter, or has Joseph’s true role in the society in which he lived been misconstrued and forgotten to us? Though it be a beautiful, simplifying image to grasp, which offers to us much that is of value in Catholic faith… ‘A wise elder, which carpenter could mean, or a great engineer, an architekton, which in the Greek does not mean carpenter. But carpenter in the Hebrew could mean a wise man…’ His Grace turns the pages of his Bible back and forth, as if to itemize the paucity of information. Then he says: ‘What I think I can say to you with confidence is that it is of profound significance that we simply don’t know what Jesus was doing for most of his earthly life. There are some very different possibilities. One idea cherished by the Church is that Jesus worked with his father Joseph as a carpenter. Another possibility is that Jesus lived and prayed and studied closely with John the Baptist. They were cousins, and very close, almost the same, in age. Luke’s Gospel tells us clearly that Jesus and John knew each other from within the womb before they were born. So there may have been something quite important happening there. You see, we don’t know – it is an impossible mystery to us – just how much Jesus had to learn. This is because, if Jesus knew everything, humanly speaking, even as a tiny baby, then how can we say he is fully human? We simply can’t probe too far into this mystery, but we can draw extraordinary truth and healing from this thought, which becomes of immense relevance in our own lives. Jesus came to know and to understand himself not merely as a son of God, but as God the Son, and so as self-identical with his Father. It is not an adoptive relationship. Jesus is God. Now so much is hidden here. But this is a great gift. If you think about it, how do we come to know that we are loved by God, that we have our relationship with God? What are we born with in here’ – his chest – ‘and what do we have to learn? This is to say, what is gifted to us by other Christians at our baptism? ‘Jesus must have studied, and experienced profound revelation about who and what he truly was, and, so it seems to be, these studies cannot have been confined to the Semitic world. But this is the important point: there is a hiddenness about all of this. No matter which schools and which sects our Lord might have encountered all these years, this to us is as a desert space. What this means is that we can enter into the hidden life of Jesus, and there we can discover our own being with God, our own sonship. Our own particular being loved by God can come to us, if we can enter within this great unknown – into this desert space, where we are loved by Jesus. I firmly believe that there may be a great Lenten mystery in this period of our Lord’s life.’ A Bishop’s Lenten Homily | Extracted From The Gospel According To Tomàs | Faith And Hope And Love And Sexuality | Part 1 A Bishop’s Lenten Homily | Extracted From The Gospel According To Tomàs | Faith And Hope And Love And Sexuality | Part 2 A Bishop’s Lenten Homily | Extracted From The Gospel According To Tomàs | Faith And Hope And Love And Sexuality | Part 3 A Bishop’s Lenten Homily | Extracted From The Gospel According To Tomàs | Faith And Hope And Love And Sexuality | Part 4 | King James Audio Bible | KJV A Bishop’s Lenten Homily | Extracted From The Gospel According To Tomàs | Faith And Hope And Love And Sexuality | Part 5 A Bishop’s Lenten Homily | Holy Week | Extracted From The Gospel According To Tomàs | Faith And Hope And Love And Sexuality | Part 6
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