Job 38:34

     34. Jer 14:22; above Job 22:11, metaphorically.

Psalms 29:3-5

     3. The voice of the Lord—audible exhibition of His power in the tempest, of which thunder is a specimen, but not the uniform or sole example.

      the waters—the clouds or vapors (Ps 18:11; Jer 10:13).

     4. powerful . . . majesty—literally, "in power, in majesty."

     5, 6. The tall and large cedars, especially of Lebanon, are shivered, utterly broken. The waving of the mountain forests before the wind is expressed by the figure of skipping or leaping.

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