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29:10-11 The Lord Enthroned. The temple (v. 9) is the place where God sits enthroned (9:11; 22:3; 1 Sam. 4:4; 2 Sam. 6:2) as king forever, especially over his people; worship is coming into his majestic presence. The word for flood here (Hb. mabbul) is used elsewhere only of Noah's flood (Gen. 6:17); this shows that God's power (unlike that of the storm) makes distinctions between the faithful and the unfaithful; hence the prayer that God will give strength (cf. Ps. 29:1) to his people and bless his people with peace--which requires that they be true to him always.