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Psalms 29:2

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 29:2

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his Name (comp. ); literally, the glory of his Name; i.e. the glory properly belonging to it. Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness (comp. ).

This is generally explained as an exhortation to worship God in beautiful vestments, or with all the accessories of a beautiful ceremonial; but Dr. Alexander rightly questions whether the Beauty inherent in holiness itself is not meant.

The apostle speaks of "the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit" (). And in goodness and holiness of every kind there is a sweetness and grace which may well be called "beauty," seeing that it has a close analogy with the beautiful in external nature and in art.

The Greeks expressed physical beauty and moral perfection by one and the same term— τὸ καλόν.

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