A. Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength: [1] Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. [2] Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
B. The Lord’s glory: [3] The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters. [4] The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
C. Trees: [5] The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
D. Lebanon is lit up: [6] He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.[7] The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
D1. Kadesh shakes: [8] The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
C1. Trees: [9] The voice of the Lord twists the oaks* and strips the forests bare.
B1. The Lord’s glory: And in his temple all cry, “Glory!” [10] The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
A1. The Lord gives strength and peace: [11] May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!
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- The phrase, “the voice of the Lord” occurs seven times in this Psalm.
- A and A1 both have the same word – “strength.” A has God’s name four times, A1 halves this.
- B and B1 – focus on God’s “glory”; the theme of God “over” the waters/flood; has a royal focus – God is “over” the waters/ he “sits enthroned as king.” B focuses on the voice of the Lord, B1 on the voice of those who praise God. B has God’s name four times and two phrases about over the waters, B1 halves this.
- C and C1 – are about trees.
- D and D1 have to do with Lebanon-Mt Hermon and Kadesh, the northern and southern borders of Israel.
*v. 9 as opposed to “makes the deer give birth.”
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