KJV King James Version
Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 104:1
Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
WEB World English Bible
Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
ASV American Standard Version
Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.
Surrounding context — Psalm 104
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:
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בָּרֲכִ֥יH1288 · ba.rakhto blessנַפְשִׁ֗יH5315 · ne.pheshsoulאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְה֫וָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱ֭לֹהַיH430 · e.lo.himGodגָּדַ֣לְתָּH1431 · ga.dalto magnifyמְּאֹ֑דH3966 · me.odmuchה֭וֹדH1935 · hodsplendorוְהָדָ֣רH1926 · ha.dargloryלָבָֽשְׁתָּ׃H3847 · la.vashto clothe
Cross-references
Psalm 145:3Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness [is] unsearchable.Psalm 103:22Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.Psalm 96:6Honour and majesty [are] before him: strength and beauty [are] in his sanctuary.Psalm 93:1The 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.Psalm 103:1-2[A Psalm] of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.Isaiah 59:17For 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.Jeremiah 32:17-19Ah 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:Psalm 104:35Let 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.Daniel 9:4And 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;Jeremiah 23:24Can 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.Psalm 29:1-4A Psalm of David. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.Daniel 7:9I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment [was] white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne [was like] the fiery flame, [and] his wheels [as] burning fire.Psalm 7:1Shiggaion 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:Revelation 1:13-20And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.Habakkuk 1:12[Art] thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Psalm 104:1
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →