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Psalm 104:1

Bless the LORD, my soul. The LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

1Bless the LORD, my soul. The LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
2He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
3He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
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“My soul” makes praise a word the singer speaks to himself before addressing God, whose honor and majesty fill the rest of the verse.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Psalm 62:5My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.Both singers address their own souls concerning God, one directing the soul to praise and the other to wait in silence.
Psalm 103:22Praise the LORD, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul!Both passages direct the singer’s own soul to praise the LORD.
Psalm 145:3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.Both declare the LORD’s greatness and join that declaration to praise.
Psalm 96:6Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.Honor and majesty describe God’s splendor in both passages, as clothing in Psalm 104 and as before him in Psalm 96.
Isaiah 59:17He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a …Both describe God through clothing imagery, with honor and majesty in the psalm and righteousness, salvation, vengeance, and zeal in Isaiah.
1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours. Yours is the …Both address the LORD in praise, declaring that greatness and majesty belong to him.
Daniel 9:4I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, “Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love …Both speakers address the LORD as their God and acknowledge his greatness.
Jeremiah 32:17–19“Ah Lord GOD! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.Both address God with awe at his greatness; Jeremiah names his great power in making heaven and earth.
Jeremiah 23:24Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says the LORD. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD.The shared thread is God’s grandeur: the psalm names his majesty, while Jeremiah describes his presence filling heaven and earth.
Job 37:22Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.Both passages name majesty as belonging to God, with Job describing that majesty as awesome.
Revelation 1:13–20And among the lamp stands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.Both use clothing imagery: the LORD wears honor and majesty, while the figure in Revelation wears a robe and golden sash.
Daniel 7:9“I watched until thrones were placed, and one who was Ancient of Days sat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne …Both portray divine splendor through clothing, with honor and majesty in the psalm and clothing white as snow in Daniel.
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Encouragement

The God addressed as “my God” is clothed with honor and majesty. Personal trust has room for awe; the Lord you praise is very great.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).