Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment: God’s honor and majesty are as apparent as a person’s clothing, and so is the light-like purity of His being. The Universe is the garment of God.” (Maclaren)Ĭ.
In that act the invisible God has arrayed Himself in splendour and glory, making visible these inherent attributes. “The verse sums up the whole of the creative act in one grand thought. The idol gods of the nations were often described as crude and shameful in their conduct, but Yahweh, the covenant God of Israel, is known for His honor and majesty. You are very great: The psalmist worshipped Yahweh as his God, and as the great One who is clothed with honor and majesty. Bless the LORD, O my soul: Repeated three times in the previous psalm, this phrase is a call to worship God in spirit and in truth, and to do so from one’s inmost being.ī. Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.Ī. Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, (1-2) Praising the God of honor, majesty, and might. The glory of God’s creation in light, angels, earth, and waters. The poem contains a complete cosmos: sea and land, cloud and sunlight, plant and animal, light and darkness, life and death, are all proved to be expressive of the presence of the Lord.” (Charles Spurgeon) A. “The Psalm gives an interpretation to the many voices of nature, and sings sweetly both of creation and providence. “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.” (Adam Clarke)
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