Psalms 29 · Verse 9

Psalms 29:9

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.
Psalms 29:9, King James Version

Psalms 29:9 in other translations

BSBThe voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
WEBThe LORD’s voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, “Glory!”
ASVThe voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.
YLTThe voice of Jehovah paineth the oaks, And maketh bare the forests, And in His temple every one saith, ‘Glory.'
DARBYThe voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, and layeth bare the forests; and in his temple doth every one say, Glory!
BBEAt the voice of the Lord the roes give birth, the leaves are taken from the trees: in his Temple everything says, Glory.
WebsterThe 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.

What does Psalms 29:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Terror-stricken animals and denuded forests close the illustration. In view of this scene of awful sublimity, God's worshippers respond to the call of Psa 29:2, and speak or cry, "Glory!" By "temple," or "palace" (God's residence, Psa 5:7), may here be meant heaven, or the whole frame of nature, as the angels are called on for praise.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Maketh the hinds to calve - Strikes terror through all the tribes of animals; which sometimes occasions those which are pregnant to cast their young. This, I believe, to be the whole that is meant by the text. I meddle not with the fables which have been published on this subject both by ancients and moderns. Discovereth the forests - Makes them sometimes evident in the darliest night, by the sudden flash; and often by setting them on fire. And in his temple - Does this refer to the effect which a dreadful thunder-storm often produces? Multitudes run to places of worship as asylums in order to find safety, and pray to God. See on Psa 29:2 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 29:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ק֤וֹלKol[the] voice ofH6963
יְהוָ֨ה\׀Yah.wehYahwehH3068
יְחוֹלֵ֣לye.cho.Lelit causes labor pains toH2342
אַיָּלוֹת֮'ai.ya.lOtdoesH355
וַֽיֶּחֱשֹׂ֪ףvai.ye.che.Sofand it stripped bareH2834
יְעָ֫ר֥וֹתye.'A.RotforestsH3293
וּבְהֵיכָל֑וֹu.ve.hei.kha.Loand in temple hisH1964
כֻּ֝לּ֗וֹku.Loall of itH3605
אֹמֵ֥ר'o.Mer[is] sayingH559
כָּבֽוֹד\׃ka.VodgloryH3519

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 29:9

  • Psalms 46:2-5

    Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

  • Job 39:1-3

    Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

  • Psalms 26:8

    Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

  • Ezekiel 20:46-48

    Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

  • Psalms 48:9

    We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

  • Psalms 134:1-2

    A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

  • Isaiah 10:18-19

    And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth. And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

  • Psalms 135:1-2

    Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord. Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God,

  • Isaiah 9:18

    For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

  • Psalms 63:2

    To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
maketh.Or as Bp. Lowth and others, "maketh the oaks to tremble and maketh bare the forests;" understanding {ayyaloth,} as denoting here, not hinds, but oaks, as it signifies in Syriac.
Job 39:1-3
calve. or, be in pain. discovereth.
63:2; Isa 9:18; 10:18,19; Eze 20:46-48
in his temple.
46:2-5; 48:9; 134:1,2; 135:1,2
doth, etc. or, every whit of it uttereth.

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Context

  • Psalms 29:8

    The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

  • Psalms 29:9

    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.

  • Psalms 29:10

    The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.

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Psalms 29:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Voz de Jehová que hará estar de parto á las ciervas, y desnudará las breñas: y en su templo todos los suyos le dicen gloria.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La voix de l’ Éternel fait faonner les biches, et dépouille les forêts; et dans son temple tout dit: Gloire!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Stimme Jehovas macht Hindinnen kreißen, und entblößt die Wälder; und in seinem Tempel spricht alles: Herrlichkeit!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ad te, Domine, clamabo, et ad Deum meum deprecabor.