Psalms 104:2 - Exposition

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment. Light was the first thing created ( Genesis 1:3 ), before either the heaven ( Genesis 1:6-8 ) or the earth ( Genesis 1:9 , Genesis 1:10 ). In light God, the invisible, as it were, enshrouds himself, making it the image of his hidden glory. Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain ; or, "a canopy" (comp. Isaiah 40:22 ; Isaiah 42:5 ; Isaiah 44:25 ). The metaphor is taken from the stretching out or "spreading out" of a tent (see Isaiah 40:22 ).