Psalms 29

Psalms 29:1

O Yee mightie] the Italian, yee sonnes of the mightie, let there bee no greatnesse nor heighth in the world, that doth not humble it selfe before the great and terrible God.

Psalms 29:3

Vpon the waters] upon the clouds where the thunder is engendered, Ezech. 10. 5. or upon the sea over which the thunder maketh a noise, and runneth for a long time.

Psalms 29:6

To skip] that is to say, hee hath made the splinter and broken peeces of trees that have been strucken with thunder, to flie up into the ayre: Or when they have been shaken by the wind, or stormes, or by earth-quakes: [Sirion] a hill neer unto Lebanon, Deuteronomy 2:9.

Psalms 29:7

Flames] namely, lightning and thunder.

Psalms 29:8

Kadesh] this is the great wildernesse between Egypt and Palestine.

Psalms 29:9

In his Temple] God indeed makes manifest unto all the world the effects of his power and majesty, but hee is no where acknowledged nor worshipped but in his Church. Or these things which make God terrible to all the world, are arguments and inducements to his Church to prayse and blesse him.

Psalms 29:10

Upon the flood] that is to say, in these terrible tempests, which seeme to turne the earth upside down, God is a peaceable Commander of the universe, governing all these accidents through his providence, and by his Soveraigne power: some think that he meaneth the generall deluge.