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Psalm 29 · a question people ask

"The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood" (29:10). Which flood?

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The psalm names no one and no time. But its word for Flood is mabbul (tap Flood), which Brown-Driver-Briggs gives as "flood in time of Noah". The Hebrew Bible has it 13 times: 12 in Genesis, from "I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth" (Genesis 6:17) to "two years after the flood" (Genesis 11:10), and once more, here. After that flood, God said to Noah and his sons, "There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth" (Genesis 9:11). The psalm doesn't retell the story. It says only that "The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood", and adds, "Yes, the LORD sits as King forever" (29:10).

The verses

“The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, the LORD sits as King forever.”
Psalm 29:10 · World English Bible
“I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is on the earth will die.”
Genesis 6:17 · World English Bible
“God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,”
Genesis 9:8 · World English Bible
“I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.””
Genesis 9:11 · World English Bible

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Psalm 29: The LORD's voice

"The LORD’s voice" comes seven times in Psalm 29 (29:3-9). Its opening call, "Ascribe to the LORD … glory and strength" (29:1), comes again in Psalm 96:7 to the families of nations. And its Flood is the Hebrew word Genesis uses for the flood in Noah's time, found only once outside Genesis in the Hebrew Bible: here (29:10).

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