The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 104:1-4,
"Praise the Lord, my soul.
Lord my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment;
he stretches out the heavens like a tent
and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.
He makes the clouds his chariot
and rides on the wings of the wind.
He makes winds his messengers,
flames of fire his servants."
"Praise the Lord, my soul.
Lord my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment;
he stretches out the heavens like a tent
and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.
He makes the clouds his chariot
and rides on the wings of the wind.
He makes winds his messengers,
flames of fire his servants."
Here is a breathtaking view of the Lord! As the psalmist meditates on the work of God's creative hand, he sees God as very great, clothed in splendor and majesty!
Merriam-Webster defines splendor as "great brightness of luster: brilliancy". Magnificence, pomp (a show of magnificence and splendor), something splendid. Augustness, brilliance, gloriousness, grandeur, magnificence, majesty, nobility, resplendence stateliness, stupendousness and superbness are all synonyms of splendor. Such is our Lord!
Merriam-Webster also defines majesty as sovereign power, authority or dignity. Royal bearing, grandeur, greatness or splendor of quality of character. Again, augustness, kingliness, royalty and stateliness are all synonyms of majesty. And, again, such is our Lord!
The psalmist has these qualities and attributes in mind as he meditates on our Creator God. What a sweeping and breathtaking view of our Lord God!
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