“The 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 93 opens with affirmation of divine kingship: "The LORD is king, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed, he is girded with strength." The repetition of "robed" and the enumeration of royal attributes (majesty, strength) establish God's sovereign authority. The clothing imagery suggests the visible manifestation of divine power.
Church Fathers on Psalms 93:1
1. ...It is entitled, “The Song of praise of David himself, on the day before the Sabbath, when the earth was founded.” Remembering then what God did through all those days, when He made and ordained all things, from the first up to the sixth day (for the seventh He sanctified, because He rested on that day after all the works, which He made very good), we find that He created on the sixth day (which day is here mentioned, in that he says, “before the Sabbath”) all animals on…
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