Poetry of the Bible 20191229

I There are lines we recall from literature As in escaping "by the skin of my teeth" That we owe to the bible, in this case, to Job (not "job", a Biblical Book by that name, chapter 19) II Psalm 29 today, as we close 2019, offers A few other literary familiars, not verse one ... But O, verse 2, says it all: in matters of Him: "worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness" - Of course, there are times when God "thundereth" As in verse 3 - but notice how David writes "The voice"? III In that verse, "The voice of the LORD is upon the waters" ... "The voice of the LORD is powerful," - not always loud (verse 4) Next: "The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars" The equivalent of the Cedars of Lebanon are our Sequoia, Those giant Redwood trees, wider than highways! Again in verse 7: "The voice of the LORD divides the flames" - May I, aspirant pastor, restate: God 's voice divides the lightning fire! And, "The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness," That needs shaking; until all is shaken, none can stand Before the tetragrammaton, Holy One called YHWH Verse 9: "The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve." There are two additional verses clearly speaking of His power, But I bless Holy Spirit as author, behind human hands ... That His voice has quiet power. Do you hear His quiet voice? We might easily miss it, less omnipotent, more omnipresent, That still small voice, its rectitude & guidance, making us different