“He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.”
The psalmist extends the image of destruction to the physical landscape, depicting the earth itself leaping and shaking at God's voice. The verb "make skip" suggests that the solid earth itself becomes unstable and mobile, convulsed by the force of God's utterance. The reference to Lebanon and Sirion establishes that even the mightiest geographical features are subject to God's power. The image of the earth skipping like a young bull employs zooomorphic imagery, suggesting that the stable earth becomes animate and wild. This verse suggests that the divine voice affects the fundamental substance of creation itself.
Church Fathers on Psalms 29:6
A psalm of David himself, of the consummation of the tabernacle. 1. A Psalm of the Mediator Himself, strong of hand, of the perfection of the Church in this world, where she wars in time against the devil. 2. The Prophet speaks, “Bring unto the Lord, O you Sons of God, bring unto the Lord the young of rams” Psalm 28:1. Bring unto the Lord yourselves, whom the Apostles, the leaders of the flocks, have begotten by the Gospel. 1 Corinthians 4:15 “Bring unto the Lord glory and…
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