Psalm 29:6
6 He maketh them also to skip [raqad] like a calf [`egel];
Lebanon [Labanown] and Sirion [Shiryown] like a young [ben] unicorn [ra'em]. KJV-Interlinear
6 And
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, And Sirion like a young wild ox. NASB
Both Lebanon and Sirion
are references to the two principal mountains that exist in Palestine. Sirion, also called Mt Herman, being visible
almost throughout all of Palestine, and Lebanon sits to the north of
Galilee. Both covered with trees would seem
to shake and move during the violence of a storm, where lightning lights up the
sky and the thunder roars giving any onlooker the impression that the entire
mountains are moving as the trees shake and move and sway wildly like young
wild oxen.
When frightened by thunder
and lightning, livestock will run and scatter and jump, and so it is the
description of the mountains and thus the entire region that is scattering
directionless and frightened trying to escape from something that they do not
know or understand. The mere sound of thunder drives them in terror, swaying
and whipping about as though they are out of control.
And since both mountains
can be seen, then the analogy here conveys the concept making known to everyone
the power of God. Even the mighty cedars
which are symbols of power and majesty in this world, are shaken and broken and
scattered and become powerless before the thundering voice of God, which is
merely sound.
And thus the fourth voice
of God is revealed.
