The twenty-ninth psalm is a powerful yet poetic depiction of God’s outside voice. I often think of that psalm during thunderstorms because in it the voice of the Lord is depicted as peals of thunder and flashes of lightning. Then there is this statement, which seems to be an understatement: “The voice of the LORD is powerful.”27 One translation says, “The voice of the Lord is fitted to the strength.”28 In other words, it is custom fitted to the unique strength of each and every person. Translation: God speaks your language!
