RRB notes on Psalm 29

Psalms 29 KJV

A Psalm of David

1. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.

2. Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. [1]

[1] Holiness is a “beautiful” thing because: it will protect you from evil and sin, it’s an attribute of God, without it “no man shall see the LORD” (Heb. 12:14), and it’s such a rare thing in a sinful world.

3. The voice of the LORD [2] is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.

[2] “The voice of the LORD” occurs seven times in this passage (vss. 3, 4 [twice], 5, 7-9). These could be “the seven thunders” of Revelation 10:4 (cf. John 12:28-29). This could also be a reference to seven raptures: (1) Christ Himself ascending to Heaven (Mark 16:19), (2) The Old Testament saints going up with HIm (Matt. 27:52), (3) The Rapture of the Body of Christ before the Tribulation (1 Cor. 15:52), (4) The rapture of Moses and Elijah at the end of the Tribulation (Rev. 11:12), (5) The rapture of the 144,000 at the end of the Tribulation (Isa. 26:20), (6) The post-Tribulation rapture of Gentile saints who look for His appearing (Heb. 9:28), and (7) The catching up of “a man child” as an individual (Rev. 12:1-5).

4. The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

5. The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

6. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

7. The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.

8. The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

9. The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

10. The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever. [3]

[3] The verse is so worded that you could use it to prove that Jesus has been “King” all along, so He’s not coming back to sit on “the throne of his father David” (Luke 1:32). “The flood” shows you the application of the verse, so all the stumbling, destructive critics of the AV go crazy trying to explain it away (for details, see The Bible Believer's Commentary on the Book of Psalms, Vol. 1, Bible Baptist Bookstore, 1997, pp. 226-227). “The flood” is a reference to the “water” of Genesis 1:2 and Habakkuk 3:10, and it is illustrated in Revelation 4:2-6. But watch out! The Lord comes down through those “waters” to kill two hundred million UN troops (Hab. 3:10-15) and take His place on a literal, physical, visible throne at Jerusalem (Zech. 14:9-17).

11. The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

 RRB Notes on Psalm 28

Psalms 28 KJV

A Psalm of David

1. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; [a] be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

[a] Num. 20:8.

2. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. [1][b]

[1] “Thy holy oracle” indicates the place from where the oracles come. In the Old Testament, God spoke the “oracles” “from off the mercy seat” (Num. 7:89; 1 Kings 6:16). In the New Testament, you are told that the “oracles” came from the literal, physical, visible Jews (Rom. 3:2). None of them came from any Arab, Muslim, Catholic, African, European, or Asiatic.

[b] 2 Chron. 6:12-13.

3. Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace [c] to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. [2]

[c] see Appendix 17.

[2] The reference is to the Muslims who talk to Israel continually about peace while intending genocide (see Israel: A Deadly Piece of Dirt). They are the false witnesses of Psalm 27:12 (Ezra 4:2-3; Neh. 6:10; App. 58).

4. Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

5. Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

6. Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

7. The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: [3] therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

[3] Notice, again, the double application where an individual's prayer for help (here) turns out to be a prayer for the nation (vs. 9).

8. The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. [4]

[4] It refers to David historically and to Jesus Christ doctrinally. Ginzburg says “of his anointed” should be “to his people,” due to an “omission of the letter ayin.” This was the corrupt Septaguint’s reading (A.D. 330).

9. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

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Appendix 17: Peace on Earth

Appendix 58: Israel and Israel’s Enemies