The lectionary always assigns Psalm 29 for the Sunday we celebrate Jesus' baptism, most obviously because of the common elements of voice and water. But look for deeper resonances as you meditate....The God enthroned as king who creates and judges and redeems is the same one who speaks to Jesus at his baptism and who speaks also to us.
and an excerpt from Openings, A Daybook of Saints, Psalms, and Prayer, by Larry James Peacock:
This psalm, sometimes known as the "Song of Seven Thunders," describes the voice of God as thunder over all creation. The psalm calls all of heaven and all humanity to praise God for the glories and splendor of creation. Sometimes we experience God in the "still small voice" (1 Kings 19:12), in the deep sounds of silence. But other times we hear and see God in the crash of ocean surf or the thunderous boom of a mighty storm. We see the majesty of God in glorious sunsets. In the wildness and expansiveness of nature, we sense God's power and sovereignty and respond with awe and worship.
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