John Trapp on Psalms 29:1

PSAL. XXIX.

VErſ. 1. Give unto the Lord] Verbo & confeſſione, ſaith Kimchi; By word and confeſſion, as Joſh. 7.19. Jer. 13.16. acknowledge him the King immortal, inviſible, &c. and your ſelves his Vaſſals; as did thoſe three beſt Emperours, Conſtantine, Theodoſius, and Valentinian. Cedite, colite, ſtep back, ſtoop, humble and tremble before this dread Soveraign of the World; bear an awefull reſpect to the divine Majeſty, the High thunderer, the great Wonder-worker; unleſſe you will come ſhort of brute beaſts, and dumb Creatures.

O yee Mighty] Heb. Yee ſons of the Mighty, Grandees and Potentates, who are readieſt to rob God of his glory, and being tumour'd up by their worldly wealth and greatneſſe, to deem or rather dream themſelves demy Gods; ſuch as may do what they liſt, as not accountable to any mortall. The Septuagint render it, O yee Sons of Ramms. Theſe Bel-weathers ſhould not caſt their noſes into the air, and carry their creſt the higher, becauſe the ſhepheard hath beſtowed a bell upon them more than upon the reſt of the flock.

Give unto the Lord] Give, give, give; This ſheweth how unwilling ſuch are, uſually to give God his right; or to ſuffer a word of exhortation to this purpoſe.

Glory and ſtrength] By aſcribing all to him, caſting down your Crowns at his feet, ſetting up his ſincere ſervice where-ever ye have to do, &c.