Psalms 104:2

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He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain,

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 40:22 : 22 He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent.
  • Dan 7:9 : 9 “While I was watching, thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His attire was white like snow; the hair of his head was like lamb’s wool. His throne was ablaze with fire and its wheels were all aflame.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The Repentance of Judah This is an oracle, the LORD’s message concerning Israel: The LORD– he who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth, who forms the human spirit within a person– says,
  • Matt 17:2 : 2 And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.
  • Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And,“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands. 11 They will perish, but you continue. And they will all grow old like a garment, 12 and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out.”
  • 1 John 1:5 : 5 God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
  • Isa 45:12 : 12 I made the earth; I created the people who live on it. It was me– my hands stretched out the sky. I give orders to all the heavenly lights.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1Praise the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are magnificent. You are robed in splendor and majesty.

  • Ps 104:3-4
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    3and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.

    4He makes the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his attendant.

  • 6The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains.

  • 18will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?

  • 9when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

  • 8he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

  • Job 36:29-30
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    29Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?

    30See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

  • 12He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

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    8He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.

    9He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds.

  • 22He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent.

  • 14Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’

  • 8He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.

  • 32With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.

  • 34Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

  • 17God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,

  • Ps 139:11-12
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    11If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

    12even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

  • 1For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.

  • 25In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.

  • Job 22:11-12
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    11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

    12“Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

  • 11He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

  • 16You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place.

  • 11The heavens belong to you, as does the earth. You made the world and all it contains.

  • 10Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor!

  • 10And,“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

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    3When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

  • 12The LORD is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

  • 16Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

  • 2Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.

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    4For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

    5Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

  • 3I can clothe the sky in darkness; I can cover it with sackcloth.”

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    1For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!

  • Ps 113:4-5
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    4The LORD is exalted over all the nations; his splendor reaches beyond the sky.

    5Who can compare to the LORD our God, who sits on a high throne?

  • 20You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

  • 10He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

  • 12and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out.”

  • 30When you send your life-giving breath, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the ground.

  • 44You shrouded yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.

  • 15He is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place, by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

  • 13By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

  • 4Praise him, O highest heaven, and you waters above the sky!

  • 1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty, the LORD is robed, he wears strength around his waist. Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.

  • 7He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

  • 6It emerges from the distant horizon, and goes from one end of the sky to the other; nothing can escape its heat.