David wrote this psalm to show that Yahweh is God, not Baal the storm god of the Canaanites.
v1-2: In the first few chapters of Revelation, we see the angels in the third heaven praise God all the time.
v3: Also in Revelation, waters symbolizes people. God is speaking to the people of Earth and all those who won't listen will spend eternity in Hell.
v4: The Lord is the one full of power and majesty, not Baal or any other so-called god man can come up with.
v5-6: Windstorm imagery.
v7: Lightning imagery.
v8: More windstorm imagery.
v9: The Lord causes fertility, strips the forests bare and God's people praise Him for it.
v10: The Lord rules over everything, even natural disasters and will never stop being king of the universe.
v11: This same God of all that is also cares enough about individual believers to strengthen us and give us that peace that passes all understanding when we're going through difficult times. His having strengthened and given us peace in past tough circumstances ought to enable us to more easily tap into those two things the next time we face a trial.
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