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You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/104.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/104.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/104.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Who coverest <i>thyself</i> with light as <i>with</i> a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/104.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Who cover <i>Yourself</i> with light as <i>with</i> a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/104.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/104.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/104.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Covering Thyself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a <i>tent</i> curtain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/104.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Wrapping Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out the heavens like a <i>tent</i> curtain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/104.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />[You are the One] who covers Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretches out the heavens like a tent curtain,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/104.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He wraps himself in light as if it were a robe, spreading out the sky like a canopy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/104.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe, spreading out the sky like a canopy, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/104.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/104.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and surrounded by light. You spread out the sky like a tent, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/104.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/104.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You cover yourself with light as though it were a robe. You stretch out the heavens as though they were curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/104.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />you cover yourself with light. You have spread out the heavens like a tent <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/104.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />you are wrapped in light like a garment, stretching out the sky like a curtain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/104.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/104.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/104.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/104.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/104.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/104.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Covering Himself [with] light as a garment, "" Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/104.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Covering himself with light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/104.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Being covered with light as a garment: stretching forth the heavens as a curtain:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/104.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />and art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/104.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 103:2>you are dressed with light like a garment, while you stretch out heaven like a tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/104.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />robed in light as with a cloak. You spread out the heavens like a tent; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/104.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />wrapped in light as with a garment. You stretch out the heavens like a tent,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/104.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/104.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He is covered in light like a cloak. He has stretched out Heaven like a curtain.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/104.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment, Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/104.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />who dost robe thyself with light as with a garment; spreading out the heaven as a curtain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/104-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=12814" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/104.htm">How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5844.htm" title="5844: ‘ō·ṭeh- (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself. A primitive root; to wrap, i.e. Cover, veil, cloth, or roll.">He wraps Himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/216.htm" title="216: ’ō·wr (N-cs) -- A light. From 'owr; illumination or luminary.">in light</a> <a href="/hebrew/8008.htm" title="8008: kaś·śal·māh (Prep-k, Art:: N-fs) -- A wrapper, mantle. Transp. For simlah; a dress.">as with a garment;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: nō·w·ṭeh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">He stretches out</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">the heavens</a> <a href="/hebrew/3407.htm" title="3407: kay·rî·‘āh (Prep-k, Art:: N-fs) -- Curtain. From yara'; a hanging.">like a tent,</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-3.htm">Genesis 1:3-5</a></span><br />And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. / And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. / God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22</a></span><br />He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/38-4.htm">Job 38:4-7</a></span><br />Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. / Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? / On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/1-26.htm">Ezekiel 1:26-28</a></span><br />Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man. / From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him. / The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/7-9.htm">Daniel 7:9</a></span><br />As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-2.htm">Matthew 17:2</a></span><br />There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-13.htm">Revelation 1:13-16</a></span><br />and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest. / The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire. / His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-16.htm">1 Timothy 6:16</a></span><br />He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-5.htm">1 John 1:5</a></span><br />And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-17.htm">James 1:17</a></span><br />Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-4.htm">John 1:4-5</a></span><br />In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. / The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a></span><br />Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-6.htm">2 Corinthians 4:6</a></span><br />For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Hebrews 1:3</a></span><br />The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-23.htm">Revelation 21:23</a></span><br />And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Who cover yourself with light as with a garment: who stretch out the heavens like a curtain:</p><p class="hdg">with light</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/7-9.htm">Daniel 7:9</a></b></br> I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment <i>was</i> white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne <i>was like</i> the fiery flame, <i>and</i> his wheels <i>as</i> burning fire.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/17-2.htm">Matthew 17:2</a></b></br> And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/6-16.htm">1 Timothy 6:16</a></b></br> Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom <i>be</i> honour and power everlasting. Amen.</p><p class="hdg">stretchest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22</a></b></br> <i>It is</i> he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof <i>are</i> as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/45-12.htm">Isaiah 45:12</a></b></br> I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, <i>even</i> my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/12-1.htm">Zechariah 12:1</a></b></br> The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/102-26.htm">Cloak</a> <a href="/psalms/104-1.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/psalms/5-11.htm">Coverest</a> <a href="/psalms/74-11.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/psalms/84-6.htm">Covers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-14.htm">Curtain</a> <a href="/psalms/102-26.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/psalms/103-19.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/psalms/103-19.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/psalms/97-11.htm">Light</a> <a href="/psalms/102-26.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/psalms/102-11.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/job/39-26.htm">Stretches</a> <a href="/job/11-13.htm">Stretchest</a> <a href="/psalms/68-31.htm">Stretching</a> <a href="/psalms/91-10.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/psalms/94-2.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/job/26-8.htm">Wraps</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Cloak</a> <a href="/psalms/109-18.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-12.htm">Coverest</a> <a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/psalms/109-19.htm">Covers</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Curtain</a> <a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/psalms/104-12.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/psalms/104-12.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/psalms/105-39.htm">Light</a> <a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/psalms/105-39.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-19.htm">Stretches</a> <a href="/psalms/138-7.htm">Stretchest</a> <a href="/psalms/140-5.htm">Stretching</a> <a href="/psalms/132-3.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-17.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/psalms/109-19.htm">Wraps</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 104</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/104-1.htm">A meditation upon the mighty power</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/104-7.htm">And wonderful providence of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/104-31.htm">God's glory is eternal</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/104-33.htm">The prophet vows perpetually to praise God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/104.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/104.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He wraps Himself in light as with a garment;</b><br>This phrase emphasizes God's majesty and purity. Light in the Bible often symbolizes holiness, truth, and the divine presence (1 <a href="/john/1-5.htm">John 1:5</a>). The imagery of God clothing Himself in light suggests His unapproachable holiness and glory, reminiscent of the transfiguration of Jesus (<a href="/matthew/17-2.htm">Matthew 17:2</a>) where His face shone like the sun. The idea of God being wrapped in light also connects to the creation narrative, where God said, "Let there be light" (<a href="/genesis/1-3.htm">Genesis 1:3</a>), indicating His sovereign power over creation. In the ancient Near Eastern context, light was often associated with divine beings, setting God apart as the ultimate source of light and life. This imagery can also be seen as a type of Christ, who is described as the "light of the world" (<a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a>), bringing spiritual illumination and salvation.<p><b>He stretches out the heavens like a tent,</b><br>This phrase reflects God's creative power and sovereignty over the universe. The imagery of stretching out the heavens like a tent suggests the vastness and order of creation, akin to the ancient practice of setting up a tent, which was a common activity in nomadic cultures. This metaphor is also found in other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22</a>, emphasizing God's authority and the ease with which He governs the cosmos. The heavens, in biblical terms, often refer to the sky and the celestial realm, highlighting God's transcendence and immanence. This phrase can also be seen as a foreshadowing of the new creation, where God will establish a new heaven and a new earth (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1</a>), demonstrating His ongoing creative work and ultimate plan for redemption.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, depicted as majestic and sovereign, clothing Himself in light and stretching out the heavens.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavens.htm">Heavens</a></b><br>The expanse of the sky and universe, symbolizing God's creative power and authority over creation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_majesty_and_sovereignty.htm">God's Majesty and Sovereignty</a></b><br>The imagery of God wrapping Himself in light and stretching out the heavens highlights His majesty and sovereign power over all creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_symbolism_of_light.htm">The Symbolism of Light</a></b><br>Light symbolizes purity, holiness, and revelation. As God wraps Himself in light, it signifies His perfect holiness and the revelation of His character to humanity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/creation_as_a_reflection_of_god's_glory.htm">Creation as a Reflection of God's Glory</a></b><br>The heavens, stretched out like a tent, reflect God's creative power and glory. Observing creation can lead us to worship and acknowledge God's greatness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_immanence_and_transcendence.htm">God's Immanence and Transcendence</a></b><br>While God is transcendent, beyond our full comprehension, He is also immanent, involved in His creation, as seen in the detailed care of stretching out the heavens.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_104.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 104</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_104_2_fit_cosmology.htm">How does “stretching out the heavens like a tent” (Psalm 104:2) align with modern cosmological understanding? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_nicene_creed_state.htm">What does the Nicene Creed state?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_a_solid_dome_in_biblical_cosmology.htm">Why does biblical cosmology describe a solid dome (firmament) over the Earth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_ride_a_cherub_if_formless.htm">If God “rode upon a cherub” (Psalm 18:10), how does this align with the notion of a formless, omnipresent deity in other biblical passages? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/104.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Who coverest.</span>--Perhaps better with the participles of the original retained:<p>Putting on light as a robe;<p>Spreading the heavens as a curtain.<p>The psalmist does not think of the formation of light as of a single past act, but as a continued glorious operation of Divine power and splendour. Not only is light as to the modern poet,<p>"Nature's resplendent robe,<p>Without whose vesting beauty all were wrapt<p>In unessential gloom,"<p>but it is the dress of <span class= "ital">Divinity, </span>the "ethereal woof" that God Himself is for ever weaving for His own wear.<p><span class= "bld">Curtain.</span>--Especially of a <span class= "ital">tent </span>(see <a href="/songs/1-5.htm" title="I am black, but comely, O you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.">Song of Solomon 1:5</a>, &c.), the tremulous movement of its folds being expressed in the Hebrew word. Different explanations have been given of the figure. Some see an allusion to the curtains of the Tabernacle (Exodus 26, 27). The associations of this ritual were dear to a religious Hebrew, and he may well have had in his mind the rich folds of the curtain of the Holy of Holies. So a modern poet speaks of<p>"The arras-folds, that variegate . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/104.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment.</span> Light was the first thing created (<a href="/genesis/1-3.htm">Genesis 1:3</a>), before either the heaven (<a href="/genesis/1-6.htm">Genesis 1:6-8</a>) or the earth (<a href="/genesis/1-9.htm">Genesis 1:9, 10</a>). In light God, the invisible, as it were, enshrouds himself, making it the image of his hidden glory. <span class="cmt_word">Who</span> <span class="cmt_word">stretchest out the heavens like a curtain</span>; or, "a canopy" (comp. <a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22</a>; <a href="/isaiah/42-5.htm">Isaiah 42:5</a>; <a href="/isaiah/44-25.htm">Isaiah 44:25</a>). The metaphor is taken from the stretching out or "spreading out" of a tent (see <a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/104-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He wraps</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹֽטֶה־</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·ṭeh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5844.htm">Strong's 5844: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Himself in light</span><br /><span class="heb">א֭וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_216.htm">Strong's 216: </a> </span><span class="str2">Illumination, luminary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as [with] a garment;</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּשַּׂלְמָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(kaś·śal·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8008.htm">Strong's 8008: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wrapper, mantle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He stretches out</span><br /><span class="heb">נוֹטֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(nō·w·ṭeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the heavens</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a tent,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּיְרִיעָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(kay·rî·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3407.htm">Strong's 3407: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hanging</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/104-2.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 104:2 He covers himself with light as (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/104-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 104:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 104:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/104-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 104:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 104:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>