Psalms 104:1
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Psalms 104:1 in other translations
| BSB | Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty. |
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| WEB | Bless the LORD, my soul. The LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. |
| ASV | Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty: |
| YLT | Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on. |
| DARBY | Bless Jehovah, O my soul! Jehovah my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with majesty and splendour; |
| BBE | Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power. |
| Webster | Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty. |
What does Psalms 104:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Psa 104:1-35. The Psalmist celebrates God's glory in His works of creation and providence, teaching the dependence of all living creatures; and contrasting the happiness of those who praise Him with the awful end of the wicked.
1. God's essential glory, and also that displayed by His mighty works, afford ground for praise.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
The majesty and power of God manifested in the creation of the heavens and the atmosphere, Psa 104:1-3; of the earth and sea, Psa 104:4-9; of the springs, fountains, and rivers, Psa 104:10-13; of vegetables and trees, Psa 104:14-18; of the sun and moon, Psa 104:19; of day and night, and their uses, Psa 104:20-23; of the riches of the earth, Psa 104:24; of the sea, its inhabitants, and its uses, Psa 104:25, Psa 104:26; of God's general providence in providing food for all kinds of animals, Psa 104:27-31; of earthquakes and volcanoes, Psa 104:32. God is praised for his majesty, and the instruction which his works afford, Psa 104:33, Psa 104:34. Sinners shall be destroyed, Psa 104:35. This Psalm has no title either in the Hebrew or Chaldee; but it is attributed to David by the Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, Arabic, and Syriac. It has the following title in the Septuagint, as it stands in the Complutensian Polyglot: Ψαλμος τῳ Δαυιδ ὑπερ της του κοσμου συστασεως "A Psalm of David concerning the formation of the world." The Syriac says it is "A Psalm of David when he went with the priests to adore the Lord before the ark." It seems a continuation of the preceding Psalm; and it is written as a part of it in nine of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. It is properly a poem on the works of God in the creation and government of the world; and some have considered it a sort of epitome of the history of the creation, as given in the book of Genesis. Verse 1 O Lord my God, thou art very great - The works of God, which are the subject of this Psalm, particularly show the grandeur and majesty of God. The strongest proofs of the being of God, for common understandings, are derived from the works of creation, their magnitude, variety, number, economy, and use. And a proper consideration of those works presents a greater number of the attributes of the Divine nature than we can learn from any other source. Revelation alone is superior.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 104:1-9
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Psalms 104:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 104:1
- Psalms 103:22
Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.
- Psalms 145:3
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
- Psalms 96:6
Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
- Isaiah 59:17
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
- Daniel 9:4
And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
- Psalms 93:1
The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
- Psalms 103:1-2
A Psalm of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
- Psalms 104:35
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord.
- Jeremiah 32:17-19
Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name, Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
- Psalms 29:1-4
A Psalm of David. Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 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.
- Jeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.
- Psalms 7:1
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7 and wonderful providence of God.
31 God's glory is eternal.
33 The prophet vows perpetually to praise God.
Bless.This sublime poem on the works of God in creation and providence, is ascribed to David in the LXX., Vulgate, Ethiopic, Syriac, and Arabic; and as it opens and closes with the same words as the preceding psalm, it is probable that it was composed on the same occasion; and it is written as part of it in nine MSS.
35; 103:1,2,22
O Lord.
7:1; Da 9:4; Hab 1:12
art very great.
145:3; Jer 23:24; 32:17-19; Re 1:13-20
clothed.
93:1; Isa 59:17; Da 7:9
honour.
29:1-4; 96:6
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Context
- Psalms 104:1
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
- Psalms 104:2
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Psalms 104:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | BENDICE, alma mía, á Jehová. Jehová, Dios mío, mucho te has engrandecido; haste vestido de gloria y de magnificencia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mon âme, bénis l’ Éternel! Éternel, mon Dieu, tu es merveilleusement grand, tu es revêtu de majesté et de magnificence! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Preise Jehova, meine Seele! Jehova, mein Gott, du bist sehr groß, mit Majestät und Pracht bist du bekleidet; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Alleluja. Confitemini Domino, et invocate nomen ejus; annuntiate inter gentes opera ejus. |