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Psalms 104:2
2Light is all round you, like the clothes that you wear. You have put the skies as a roof over the earth.
Psalms 104:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent
- English Standard Version (ESV)covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.
Context of Psalms 104:2
1I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord!’ Lord, my God, you are very great! You rule with authority as a great king. Light is all round you, like the clothes that you wear. You have put the skies as a roof over the earth. 3You have built the beams of your home on the clouds of rain. The clouds carry you as you travel, and you ride on the wind. 4You use the winds to carry your messages. Flames of fire are your servants.
Read all of Psalms 104Psalms 104:2 word by word
עֹֽטֶה־א֭וֹר כַּשַּׂלְמָ֑ה נוֹטֶ֥ה שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם כַּיְרִיעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 104:2
- Daniel 7:9While I looked, people put some thrones in their places. Then the God who has ruled for ever sat on his throne. His clothes were as white as snow. His hair was white like pure wool. His throne and the wheels under it burned with flames of fire.
- Matthew 17:2Peter, James and John saw Jesus change in front of them. He became different to look at. His face was bright like the sun. His clothes became very white and they shone.
- 1 Timothy 6:16God alone lives for ever. He lives in very bright light that nobody can come near. Nobody has ever seen God. Nobody is able to see him. So we praise him! He will rule for ever with great authority! Amen! This is true.
- 1 John 1:5We are telling you the good news that Jesus Christ told to us. This is the message: God is completely good and clean. He is like light. There is nothing dark about him.
- Isaiah 40:22God sits high above on his throne where the earth and the sky meet. The people on the earth seem like grasshoppers to him. He hangs out the sky like a curtain. He makes it like a tent for him to live in.
- Isaiah 45:12It is I who made the earth. I created the people who live on it. I hung up the sky like a curtain. I did that with my own hands! I put all the stars in their places.
- Zechariah 12:1This is the Lord's message about Israel. The Lord made the skies and the whole wide earth. He makes men and women.
- Hebrews 1:10The Bible also says this: ‘Lord, in the beginning you made the earth. With your own power, you also made everything above the earth.
Commentaries on Psalms 104:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Who coverest thyself with light - Light, insufferable splendor, is the robe of the Divine Majesty. Light and fire are generally the accompaniments of the Supreme Being, when he manifests his presence to his creatures. He appeared thus to Abraham when he made a covenant with him, Genesis 15:17; and to Moses when he appointed him to bring the people out of Egypt, Exodus 3:2; and when he gave him his law on Sinai, Exodus 19:18. Moses calls God a consuming…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment - Referring to the first work of creation Genesis 1:3, “And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.” He seemed to put on light as a garment; he himself appeared as if invested with light. It was the first “manifestation” of God. He seemed at once to have put on light as his robe. Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain - As an expanse spread over us. The word used here means a curtain or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4The psalmist refers to two days of creation (see Genesis 1:1–8), when God created the heavens and the light.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. light--is a figurative representation of the glory of the invisible God (Mt 17:2; 1Ti 6:16). Its use in this connection may refer to the first work of creation (Ge 1:3). stretchest out the heavens--the visible heavens or sky which cover the earth as a curtain (Is 40:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 104
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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