Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Ver. 1. Bless the Lord, O my soul] This was much in David's mouth, as Deo gratias was in Austin's. See Psalms 103:1; Psalms 103:22, after which this psalm is fitly set. There he blesseth God for his benefits to himself and the whole Church; here, for his works of creation and government common to the whole world. The Greek and Latin translations prefix this title, David de generatione Mundi. υπερ του κοσμου συστασεως, Continet opera Bereshith, saith Kimchi. It is of the same subject with the first chapter of Genesis, the first five days' works are here after a sort considered and celebrated, as a mirror wherein God's majesty may be clearly discerned. This psalm is by some called David's natural theology.
Thou art very great] Non molis dimensione, sed virtutis et rerum gestarum gloria, Thou hast made thee a great name by thy works of wonder.
Thou art clothed with honour and majesty] i.e. With thy creatures, which are as a garment, both to hide thee in one respect, and to hold thee forth in another, to be seen.