How Majestic Is His Voice!

“The voice of the LORD [is] powerful; the voice of the LORD [is] full of majesty.” (Ps 29:4 AV)

David seeks to describe the voice of God in ways that affect the world around us.  He compares the voice of God to thunder, fire, and other dramatic displays of creation.  This is certainly so.  It is by the voice of God all that we see and observe came into existence.  It is also illuminating that by these same means, God is still capable of manifesting Himself.  As long as our observations do not contradict the written word of God, then what we observe should be considered.  There are two adjectives describing the voice of God.  The voice of God is powerful and majestic.  The first we seldom consider.  We understand this.  All we need to do is to witness the strike of lightning several feet or yards from our position.  The ensuing thunder will shake the house.  It is that second adjective which we often struggle with; majestic.  The word majesty means full of glory and honor; ornamental.  It has the idea of perfect speech seasoned with grace, power, and nobility.  It is the very way in which we would imagine the voice of God sounding.

I have never met a sovereign, let alone hear them speak from the throne upon which they occupy.  I don’t know if there would be an equivalent.  Those kings, queens, etc of which we are familiar have lost their regal qualities long ago.  They are mere figureheads of the nations which they represent.  This wasn’t always the case.  In past centuries, the king who speaks was in complete control of himself as well as his kingdom.  There was always purpose in his statements.  He did not converse for mere company’s sake.  There was always an objective at hand.  Whether it be an affair of state, foreign affairs, or domestic concerns, the sovereign’s speech was one of direction, purpose, and authority.  There were no wasted words.  When words came forth from his mouth, the world changed.  One coming in the presence of the throne room feared the one sitting upon the throne, but reverence and respect outweighed fear.  There sat one whose very words changed the all lives under his domain.  Some for the better.  Some for the worse.  But all was changed.

We have the voice of God.  It is His word.  For better or worse, those who would belittle the English translation provided perfect and without error for English-speaking people would do to the LORD what modern sovereigns have done to the throne.  They remove the majesty of the voice of God and replace it with the glory of man.  This saddens me.  There is something to be said for the majesty of our King James Bibles.  I am unapologetically King James.  It is perfectly translated.  It is perfectly preserved.  It was provided in the high English of the 1600s and no other translation can come close to the majesty of our Authorized Bible.  For me and my house, we will stick with the most majestic of all English translations because His word deserves no less.