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Psalms 29:8

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Psalms 29:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 29:8

Theological / Devotional

Wilderness of Kadesh. Before the discovery of the Ugaritic texts it was thought that the storm was pictured as passing over all Palestine, from Lebanon in the north to Kadesh on the southern border, about 45 mi. (70.4 km.) southwest of Beersheba (see Num. 20:16). Kadesh was identified with Kadesh-barnea, the place from which the Hebrews sent the spies into Canaan (Num. 13:17–20) and from which the people were made to retreat into the wilderness because of their murmuring (Num. 14). However, a study of the Ugaritic texts (see p. 618) has shown that the term “wilderness of Kadesh” was a name for the Syrian Desert (see on v. 3).

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