Psalms 28
Afferte Domino. An invitation to glorify God, with a commemoration of his mighty works.
A psalm for David, at the finishing of the tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, O ye children of God:
bring to the Lord the offspring of rams.
2 Bring to the Lord glory and honour:
bring to the Lord glory to his name: adore ye the Lord in his holy court.
3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
the God of majesty hath thundered, The Lord is upon many waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is in power;
the voice of the Lord in magnificence.
5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars:
yea, the Lord shall break the cedars of Libanus.
6 And shall reduce them to pieces, as a calf of Libanus, and as the beloved son of unicorns. Shall reduce them to pieces, etc.... In Hebrew, shall make them to skip like a calf. The psalmist here describes the effects of thunder (which he calls the voice of the Lord) which sometimes breaks down the tallest and strongest trees;
and makes their broken branches skip, etc. All this is to be understood mystically of the powerful voice of God’s word in his church; which has broken the pride of the great ones of this world, and brought many of them meekly and joyfully to submit their necks to the sweet yoke of Christ.
7 The voice of the Lord
divideth the flame of fire:
8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert:
and the Lord shall shake the desert of Cades.
9 The voice of the Lord prepareth the stags:
and he will discover the thick woods: and in his temple all shall speak his glory.
10 The Lord maketh the flood to dwell:
and the Lord shall sit king for ever. The Lord will give strength to his people: the Lord will bless his people with peace.