Psalm 104:2
Strong's Lexicon
He wraps
עֹֽטֶה־ (‘ō·ṭeh-)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5844: 1) to cover, enwrap, wrap oneself, envelop oneself 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wrap, envelop oneself 1a2) to cover (the beard in mourning) 1a3) mourner, one who covers (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) to cover, enwrap, envelop 2) to grasp 2a) (Qal) to grasp

Himself in light
א֭וֹר (’ō·wr)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 216: 1) light 1a) light of day 1b) light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars) 1c) day-break, dawn, morning light 1d) daylight 1e) lightning 1f) light of lamp 1g) light of life 1h) light of prosperity 1i) light of instruction 1j) light of face (fig.) 1k) Jehovah as Israel's light

as [with] a garment;
כַּשַּׂלְמָ֑ה (kaś·śal·māh)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8008: 1) garment, outer garment, wrapper, mantle 1a) garment, outer garment

He stretches out
נוֹטֶ֥ה (nō·w·ṭeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5186: 1) to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stretch out, extend, stretch, offer 1a2) to spread out, pitch (tent) 1a3) to bend, turn, incline 1a3a) to turn aside, incline, decline, bend down 1a3b) to bend, bow 1a3c) to hold out, extend (fig.) 1b) (Niphal) to be stretched out 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to stretch out 1c2) to spread out 1c3) to turn, incline, influence, bend down, hold out, extend, thrust aside, thrust away

the heavens
שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: 1) heaven, heavens, sky 1a) visible heavens, sky 1a1) as abode of the stars 1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc 1b) Heaven (as the abode of God)

like a tent,
כַּיְרִיעָֽה׃ (kay·rî·‘āh)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3407: 1) curtain, drape

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

Young's Literal Translation
Covering himself [with] light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe, spreading out the sky like a canopy,

New American Standard Bible
Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a [tent] curtain.

King James Bible
Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The LORD wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent

New Living Translation
You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;

English Standard Version
covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.

New American Standard Bible
Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.

King James Bible
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe, spreading out the sky like a canopy,

International Standard Version
you are wrapped in light like a garment, stretching out the sky like a curtain.

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

American Standard Version
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

English Revised Version
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Young's Literal Translation
Covering himself with light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
















Cross References
1 Timothy 6:16
Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

Revelation 12:1
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

Job 9:8
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

Job 37:18
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

Psalm 18:12
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

Psalm 19:4
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

Psalm 119:91
They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.

Isaiah 40:22
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Isaiah 42:5
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

Isaiah 45:12
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

Isaiah 51:13
And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
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