Psalms 104:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:”

Psalms 104:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 104:26 words

HebrewMeaning

עֹֽטֶהʿōṭeh

you are wrapping yourselfverbH5844

be clad · cover (-ing · self) · fill ···

א֭וֹרʾwōr

lightnounH216

clear · day · light · morning ···

כַּ/שַּׂלְמָ֑הkaśaləmāh

like garmentpronH8008

garment · raiment

נוֹטֶ֥הnwōṭeh

you are stretching outverbH5186

afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···

שָׁ֝מַ֗יִםšāmayim

the heavensnounH8064

astrologer · heaven

כַּ/יְרִיעָֽהkayəriyʿāh

like tent curtainpronH3407

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 104:2

1. ...“Bless the Lord, O my soul.” Let the soul of us all, made one in Christ, say this. “O Lord my God, You are magnified exceedingly!” Psalm 103:1. Where are You magnified? “Confession and beauty You have put on.” Confess ye, that you may be beautified, that He may put you on. “Clothed with light as a garment” Psalm 103:2. Clothed with His Church, because she is made “light” in Him, who before was darkness in herself, as the apostle says: “You were sometime darkness, but…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 104 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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