Psalm 29:3
3 The voice [qowl] of the LORD [Yahovah] is upon the waters [mayim]:
the God ['el] of glory [kabowd] thundereth [ra`am]: the
LORD [Yahovah] is upon many [rab] waters [mayim]. KJV-Interlinear
3 The
voice of the Lord is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders, The Lord is
over many waters. NASB
Even though none of us have
ever seen or heard God, He has given us many natural events in nature with
which to understand Him and His glory and power. Thunder, in a vast and violent storm, is
described as the voice of God, demonstrating His awesome power, of which
nothing can stop or prevent.
God is heavenward. Thunder is always something that makes us
look skyward when we hear it. It can
roll across the sky from one horizon to the other without restriction and with
seeming ease.
Upon the waters, is
plural, and indicates the echo effect or the complete significance that God has
on the world. His voice reaches
everything, and affects everything, and is magnified when it touches reality.
Gods voice always comes
from above. It fills one with awe and
emotion.
Gods voice speaks to
humanity, but only if humanity listens and takes notice. One has to first comprehend the nature of God,
then hear the sound of His voice within the many symbolisms that He has
provided in nature, before one can really begin to fathom His vastness, His
superiority, and His power, and then realize our insignificance and inferior
place that we have in this world.
Over the waters, is again
plural, and indicates that there is no restriction, no place from which Gods
voice cannot reach. God controls
history. God sustains history. God has a plan, a divine plan that impacts
everything and everyone. Nothing is left
to chance. Nothing is beyond His reach.
