Psalms 29:2

Context

29:2 Acknowledge the majesty of the Lord’s reputation!¹

Worship the Lord in holy attire!²

Psalms 29:8

Context

29:8 The Lord’s shout shakes³ the wilderness,

the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.⁴

Psalms 87:1

Context

Psalm 87⁵

Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song.

87:1 The Lord’s city is in the holy hills.⁶

Psalms 96:9

Context

96:9 Worship the Lord in holy attire!⁷

Tremble before him, all the earth!

[29:2] ¹tn Heb “ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name.” The Hebrew term שֵׁם (shem, “name”) refers here to the Lord’s reputation. (The English term “name” is often used the same way.)

[29:2] ²tn That is, properly dressed for the occasion.

[29:8] ³tn The Hebrew imperfect verbal forms are descriptive in function; the psalmist depicts the action as underway.

[29:8] ⁴sn Kadesh. The references to Lebanon and Sirion in v. 6 suggest this is a reference to the northern Kadesh, located north of Damascus, not the southern Kadesh mentioned so often in the OT. See M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 1:178.

[87:1] ⁵sn Psalm 87. The psalmist celebrates the Lord’s presence in Zion and the special status of its citizens.

[87:1] ⁶tn Heb “his foundation [is] in the hills of holiness.” The expression “his foundation” refers here by metonymy to the Lord’s dwelling place in Zion. The “hills” are the ones surrounding Zion (see Pss 125:2; 133:3).

[96:9] ⁷tn Or “in holy splendor.”