And lightning are significant manifestations of the power of God, and emblems of his presence, Ex 19:161Sa 2:10 12:17 Ps 18:13. Thunder is poetically called "the voice of the Lord" in the sublime description of a thunder-storm in Ps 29:11;
"The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
The God of glory thundereth;
The Lord is upon many waters.
The voice of the Lord is powerful;
The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars;
Yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon," etc.
See also Job 37:1-5 40:9 Jer 10:13. In illustration of Ps
29:9, Moffat, while describing the thunder-storms of South Africa,
say that the antelopes flee in consternation; and that he has
observed the Bechuanas starting off early on the morning following
such a storm in quest of young antelopes prematurely born. In Ps
78:48, "hot thunderbolts" means lightning.