Psalms 104:1

King James Version

Bless the Lord , O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Bless Yahweh, O my soul!O Yahweh my God, You are very great;You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Bless the Lord , O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
My soule blesse thou God: O God my Lord thou art become exceeding great, thou hast put on glory and maiestie.

Darby Translation
Bless Jehovah, O my soul! Jehovah my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with majesty and splendour;

New King James Version
Genesis 1:1-31">[xr] Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty,

Literal Translation
Bless Jehovah, O my soul! O Jehovah my God, You are very great; You have put on honor and majesty,

Easy-to-Read Version
My soul, praise the Lord ! Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with glory and honor.

World English Bible
Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

King James Version (1611)
Blesse the Lord, O my soule, O Lord my God, thou art very great: thou art clothed with honour and maiestie.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Prayse the LORDE o my soule: O LORDE my God, thou art become exceadinge glorious, thou art clothed with maiesty and honoure.

THE MESSAGE
O my soul, bless God ! God , my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed, Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent. You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings. You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors. You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever. You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters; Then you roared and the water ran away— your thunder crash put it to flight. Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them. You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded. You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills. All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst. Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard. You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water. You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground. Oh yes, God brings grain from the land, wine to make people happy, Their faces glowing with health, a people well-fed and hearty. God 's trees are well-watered— the Lebanon cedars he planted. Birds build their nests in those trees; look—the stork at home in the treetop. Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; badgers burrow among the rocks. The moon keeps track of the seasons, the sun is in charge of each day. When it's dark and night takes over, all the forest creatures come out. The young lions roar for their prey, clamoring to God for their supper. When the sun comes up, they vanish, lazily stretched out in their dens. Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, busy at their jobs until evening. What a wildly wonderful world, God ! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. Oh, look—the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon. Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them. All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time. You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it. If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute— Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud; Send out your Spirit and they spring to life— the whole countryside in bloom and blossom. The glory of God —let it last forever! Let God enjoy his creation! He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt. Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, sing hymns to my God as long as I live! Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be singing to God . But clear the ground of sinners— no more godless men and women! O my soul, bless God !

Amplified Bible
Bless and affectionately praise the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

American Standard Version
Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty:

Bible in Basic English
Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power.

Update Bible Version
Bless Yahweh, O my soul. O Yahweh my God, you are very great; You are clothed with honor and majesty:

Webster's Bible Translation
Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty.

New English Translation
Praise the Lord , O my soul! O Lord my God, you are magnificent. You are robed in splendor and majesty.

Contemporary English Version
I praise you, Lord God, with all my heart. You are glorious and majestic, dressed in royal robes

Complete Jewish Bible
Bless Adonai , my soul! Adonai , my God, you are very great; you are clothed with glory and majesty,

Geneva Bible (1587)
My soule, prayse thou the Lord: O Lord my God, thou art exceeding great, thou art clothed with glorie and honour.

George Lamsa Translation
BLESS the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great: thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

Hebrew Names Version
Bless the LORD, my soul. The LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Bless the LORD, O my soul.

New Living Translation
Let all that I am praise the Lord . O Lord my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and majesty.

New Life Bible
Praise the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great. You are dressed with great honor and wonderful power.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou hast clothed thyself with praise and honour:

English Revised Version
Bless the LORD O my soul, O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

Berean Standard Bible
Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed in splendor and majesty.

New Revised Standard
Bless the Lord , O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, - Yahweh, my God, thou art exceedingly great, With honour and majesty, hast thou clothed thyself,

Douay-Rheims Bible
(103-1) <For David himself.> Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great. Thou hast put on praise and beauty:

Lexham English Bible
Bless Yahweh, O my soul. O Yahweh my God, you are very great. You clothe yourself with splendor and majesty,

English Standard Version
Bless the Lord , O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

New American Standard Bible
Bless the LORD, my soul! LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

New Century Version
My whole being, praise the Lord . Lord my God, you are very great. You are clothed with glory and majesty;

Good News Translation
Praise the Lord , my soul! O Lord , my God, how great you are! You are clothed with majesty and glory;

Christian Standard Bible®
My soul, praise Yahweh! Lord my God, You are very great; You are clothed with majesty and splendor.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The hundrid and thridde salm. Mi soule, blesse thou the Lord; my Lord God, thou art magnyfied greetli. Thou hast clothid knouleching and fairnesse; and thou art clothid with liyt,

Young's Literal Translation
Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.

Revised Standard Version
Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, thou art very great! Thou art clothed with honor and majesty,

Contextual Overview

¹ Bless the Lord , O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. ² Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: ³ Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: ⁴ Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: ⁵ Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. ⁶ Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. ⁷ At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. ⁸ They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. ⁹ Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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 manuscripts Psalms 104:35, Psalms 103:1, Psalms 103:2, Psalms 103:22

O Lord: Psalms 7:1, Daniel 9:4, Habakkuk 1:12

art very great: Psalms 145:3, Jeremiah 23:24, Jeremiah 32:17-19, Revelation 1:13-20

clothed: Psalms 93:1, Isaiah 59:17, Daniel 7:9

honour: Psalms 29:1-4, Psalms 96:6

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 29:11 - majesty Job 37:22 - with Job 39:19 - clothed Job 40:10 - Deck Psalms 45:3 - glory Psalms 62:5 - soul Psalms 96:2 - bless Psalms 132:9 - thy priests Psalms 145:5 - will speak Psalms 146:1 - Praise the Lord Daniel 4:30 - and for Mark 9:3 - his raiment Hebrews 8:1 - the Majesty

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bless the Lord, O my soul - See Psalms 103:1.

O Lord my God, thou art very great - This is a reason why the psalmist calls on his soul to bless God; namely, for the fact that he is so exalted; so vast in his perfections; so powerful, so wise, so great.

Thou art clothed with honor and majesty - That is, with the emblems of honor and majesty, as a king is arrayed in royal robes. Creation is the garment with which God has invested himself. Compare the notes at Psalms 93:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

PSALM CIV

The majesty and power of God manifested in the creation of the

heavens and the atmosphere, 1-3;

of the earth and sea, 4-9;

of the springs, fountains, and rivers, 10-13;

of vegetables and trees, 14-18;

of the sun and moon, 19;

of day and night, and their uses, 20-23;

of the riches of the earth, 24;

of the sea, its inhabitants, and its uses, 25, 26;

of God's general providence in providing food for all kinds of

animals, 27-31;

of earthquakes and volcanoes, 32.

God is praised for his majesty, and the instruction which his

works afford, 33, 34.

Sinners shall be destroyed, 35.

NOTES ON PSALM CIV

This Psalm has no title either in the Hebrew or Chaldee; but it is attributed to David by the Vulgate, Septuagint, AEthiopic, 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 Psalms 104:1. 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.