Psalms 104:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: ”

Psalms 104:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who 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...
Psalms 104:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CIV. The Glory of the Creator. Psalms 104:1-4 . Yahweh's power in the heavens. He is clothed in the light which God made first ( Genesis 1:3 ) before the heavenly bodies. He lays the foundation o...
Psalms 104:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

curtain. Of the fifty-three occurrences of this word, only one (here) in the Psalms. No less than forty-seven of them have to do with the Tabernacle; forty-three of them being in Exodus 26 and E...
Psalms 104:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Who coverest thyself with light - Light, insufferable splendor, is the robe of the Divine Majesty...
Psalms 104:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The heavens like a curtain— Like a tilt—a tent. Or, Like a canopy. Mudge. A tent seems the most proper translation, as comprehending, not the uppermost part of the tent or the canopy only, bu...
Psalms 104:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment. The general glory put on by God as a garme...
Psalms 104:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a Ps. of Nature, celebrating God's glory as seen in His works both inanimate and animate. It is an expansion of the closing vv. of Psalms 103 , and like that Ps. begins and ends with the phr...
Psalms 104:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(1-4) First and second days of Creation. Instead, however, of describing the creation of light, the poet makes a sublime approach to his theme by treating it as a symbol of the Divine majesty. It i...
Psalms 104:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 104:1-35 LIKE the preceding psalm, this one begins and ends with the psalmist's call to his soul to bless Jehovah. The inference has been drawn that both psalms have the same author, but th...
Psalms 104:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lord's Wondrous Handiwork Psalms 104:1-12 The opening verses of this psalm appear to describe in sublime poetry the creation of the world. God is very great, because He created the heavens...
Psalms 104:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again we have a great song of praise commencing and closing with the same note of personal praise. While in the former the dominant note is that of the mercy of Jehovah, here it is that of His majest...
Psalms 104:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a sweet and lovely description is given of Jehovah covering himself with light! And, if we construe the expression, as we certainly may, without violence to the general sense of the passage, we...
Psalms 104:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment ,.... Referring, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi think, to the light, which was first created; and indeed this was commanded out of darkness by God the Word...
Psalms 104:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Ver. 2. Who coverest thyself with light ] That lovely creature that first shone out of darknes...
Psalms 104:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O Lord my God, thou art very great As in thine own nature and perfections, so also in the glory of thy works; thou art clothed Surrounded and adorned, with honour and majesty With honourable m...
Psalms 104:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Majesty. 1 Bless the L ORD , O my soul. O L ORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour a...
Psalms 104:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Coverest, or adornest , or clothest. With light ; either, 1. With that light which no man can approach unto, as it is called 1 Timothy 6:16 , wherewith therefore he may well be said to be co...
Psalms 104:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This Psalm,” says Calvin, “differs from the last, in that it neither treats of God’s special mercies bestowed on His Church, nor lifts us to the hope of a heavenly life; but painting f...
Psalms 104:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 104:1-2 Nature has two great revelations: that of use and that of beauty; and the first thing we observe about these two characteristics of hers is that they are bound together and tied to...
Psalms 104:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

I trust that we have already felt something of holy enjoyment while our hearts and voices have been praising the Lord our God. Perhaps this Psalm may help to keep us in a praising state of mind. Firs...
Psalms 104:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm has no title in the Hebrew, but it is ascribed to David by the LXX, and by most of the Versions. It celebrates the works of God in the creation of the world, and in strains worthy of the r...
Psalms 104:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

O Lord my God, Thou art very great. A hymn of praise to God in Nature I. The universality of God’s workings in Nature. 1. In the domain of dead matter. He is operating in the waters as they...
Psalms 104:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION " THE psalmist, in a time of severe trouble, arising from the power of the heathen, seeks consolation in reflecting on the greatness of God in nature," So Hengstenberg, correctly. Th...
Psalms 104:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Praise of God for His Work in the Kingdom of Nature. The psalmist, probably David, as in the preceding psalm, celebrates the glory of God in the works of His creation and providence.
Psalms 104:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:5 ; 1 Timothy 6:16 ; Daniel 7:9 ; Hebrews 1:10-12 ; Isaiah 40:22 ; Isaiah 45:12 ; Matthew 17:2 ; Zechariah 12:1
Psalms 104:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Light — With that first created light, which the psalmist fitly puts in the first place, as being the first of God's visible works.

Psalms 104:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 104:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 104:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 104:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 104:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 104:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 104:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 104:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 104:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 104:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 104:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 104:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 104:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 104:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 104:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 104:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 104:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 104:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 104:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 104:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 104:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 104:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 104:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 104:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 104:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 104:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes