Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
Parallel translations
- WEB Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
- KJV Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
- NKJV Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty,
- NASB Bless the Lord, my soul! Lord my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
- NLT Let all that I am praise the Lord. O Lord my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and majesty.
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Quick answer
The psalmist calls his soul to bless the LORD, who is very great and clothed with honor and majesty. God's greatness in creation moves the believer to worship.
Overview
This psalm celebrates God as Creator, opening with the same self-summons that frames Psalm 103. God is described as robed in splendor, the King over all He has made. The majesty seen in creation is the glory of the triune God through whom and for whom all things were made (Colossians 1:16).
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Cross-references · 15
- Ps 103:22Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
- Ps 145:3Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
- Ps 96:6Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary.
- Ps 93:1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
- Ps 103:1–2Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
- Dan 9:4And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Ps 104:35May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!
- Isa 59:17He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
- Jer 32:17–19“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
- Jer 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
- Ps 29:1–4A Psalm of David. Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
- Ps 7:1A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
- Hab 1:12Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
- Dan 7:9As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.
- Rev 1:13–20and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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