Psalmorum 29

1 psalmus David in consummatione tabernaculi adferte Domino filii Dei adferte Domino filios arietum

You angels in heaven, praise Yahweh! Praise him because he is very glorious and powerful.

2 adferte Domino gloriam et honorem adferte Domino gloriam nomini eius adorate Dominum in atrio sancto eius

Proclaim that (he/his name) is glorious; bow down before Yahweh in his holy [temple].

3 vox Domini super aquas Deus maiestatis intonuit Dominus super aquas multas

Yahweh’s voice is heard above the oceans; Yahweh, the glorious God, thunders. His voice thunders over the huge oceans [DOU].

4 vox Domini in virtute vox Domini in magnificentia

His voice is powerful and majestic.

5 vox Domini confringentis cedros et confringet Dominus cedros Libani

The sound of Yahweh’s voice breaks great cedar trees, the cedars that grow in Lebanon.

6 et comminuet eas tamquam vitulum Libani et dilectus quemadmodum filius unicornium

He causes [the mountains in] Lebanon to jump like calves jump, and causes Hermon [Mountain] to jump like a young bull jumps.

7 vox Domini intercidentis flammam ignis

Yahweh’s voice causes lightning to flash.

8 vox Domini concutientis desertum et commovebit Dominus desertum Cades

His voice causes the desert to shake; he shakes Kadesh Desert [in the southern part of Judah].

9 vox Domini praeparantis cervos et revelabit condensa et in templo eius omnis dicet gloriam

Yahweh’s voice shakes the huge oak trees and strips the leaves from the trees while the people in the temple shout, “Praise [God]!”

10 Dominus diluvium inhabitare facit et sedebit Dominus rex in aeternum

Yahweh ruled over the flood [that covered the earth]; he is our King who will rule forever.

11 Dominus virtutem populo suo dabit Dominus benedicet populo suo in pace

Yahweh enables his people to be strong, and he blesses them by causing things to go well for them.