Psalm 29:10

Translations

Modern

The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.

Traditional

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

Literal

YHWH has sat over the flood, and YHWH sits as King forever.

Latin

Dominus diluvium inhabitare facit, et sedebit Dominus rex in æternum.

Original

Hebrew

English

The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.

Notes

Psalms 29:10

The image of strong floodwaters relates to the great flood (Genesis 6:17). The Lord rules as king over all creation. No one challenges his kingdom.

Psalms 29:1–11

This nature hymn in praise of the Creator declares that the Lord holds all power over nature. God uses the same unsurpassed strength to care for his people.

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Related verses

1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Genesis 6:17
And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
Psalm 10:16
The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
Mark 4:41
Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
Genesis 8:1–2
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
Job 38:8–11
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
Psalm 93:1
The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
Psalm 99:1
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
Psalm 2:6–9
“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Daniel 2:44
In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
Psalm 29:3
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

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Psalm 29:10

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