Psalms 104:1
Bless, O my soul, Yahweh,—Yahweh, my God, thou art exceedingly great, With honour and majesty, hast thou clothed thyself,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain;
Cross References
Psalms 29:1Give to Yahweh, ye sons of the mighty,—Give to Yahweh, [both] glory and strength:
Psalms 95:3For, a great GOD, is Yahweh, And a great king, above all gods.
Psalms 103:1Bless, O my soul, Yahweh,—And all that is within me, his holy Name;
Psalms 104:35Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth And, the lawless, no more, shall exist,—Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, Praise ye Yah!
Isaiah 59:17And he put on Righteousness as a coat of mail, And a helmet of victory upon his head,—And he put on the garments of avenging, for clothing, And wrapped about him as a cloak—jealousy,
Jeremiah 32:17Alas! My Lord, Yahweh! Lo! thou thyself, didst make the heavens, and the earth, by thy great might, and by thine outstretched arm,—There is nothing, too wonderful for thee:
Matthew Henry on Psalms 104:1
It is very probable that this psalm was penned by the same hand, and at the same time, as the former; for as that ended this begins, with "Bless the Lord, O my soul!" and concludes with it too. The style indeed is somewhat different, because the matter is so: the scope of the foregoing psalm was to celebrate the goodness of God and his tender mercy and compassion, to which a soft and sweet style was most agreeable; the scope of this is to celebrate his greatness, and majesty, and sovereign dominion, which ought to… Read the whole commentary →