The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
Hinds to calve The thunder strikes such terror into them that they prematurely bring forth. So in the case of Phineas' wife (1 Samuel 4:19; cf. as to the hinds, Job 39:1; Job 39:3).
Discovereth - `uncovers,' or 'strips the forests' of branches, bark, and leaves; or else, of their wild beasts, which leave the open pasture glades, to hide in their dens through fear. The contrast, between the stately "forests" and the timid "hinds" implies that in the thunder- storm neither the greatest objects can escape Yahweh's power by their greatness, nor the smaller by their smallness. In his temple ... - `in His (heavenly) temple (cf. Psalms 18:6; Psalms 11:4) all the celestial beings there (literally, all of it - i:e., whatever there is in it of celestial being) say "glory."' Thus, the call made to the angelic 'sons of the mighty' (Psalms 29:1-2), to 'give glory' to Yahweh, 'in the glorious sanctuary,' (margin), is here responded to by their 'saying every one in His temple, "glory" (cf. Isaiah 6:1-3).