Psalm 104 (part 1) Wrapped in a cloak of light
The Psalmist in his own poetic style offers words of praise to God. He has almost put the creation story of Genesis 1 into song. We have light and the heavens, wind and water, vegetation, birds and animals and wine to cheer our spirits. The psalm deserves to be read slowly taking in the words of the psalmist and those who have interpreted the ancient texts.
My soul, bless God our maker.
God, you are magnificent, clothed with glory
and majesty, wrapped in a cloak of light.
You stretch out the skies like a tent,
your home is beyond the heavens, the clouds provide your chariot.
You ride on the wings of the wind.
Breezes and gales are your messengers, fire and flames your attendants.
You set the earth on foundations, so firm it will never be shaken.
You clothed the earth with seas; their waters covered the mountains.
This psalm starts with a reverence, a breath taking recognition glorious majesty and beauty of God. Through the writer, we are taken to an enchanted place, verse by verse there are pointers to the divine love that created a place of beauty and grandeur.
