2 The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent
2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
2 covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
2 Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent.
2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.
2 You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;
5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
5 This, in essence, is the message we heard from Christ and are passing on to you: God is light, pure light; there's not a trace of darkness in him.
5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.
5 This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.
(Read 1 John 1:5-10)
A message from the Lord Jesus, the Word of life, the eternal Word, we should all gladly receive. The great God should be represented to this dark world, as pure and perfect light. As this is the nature of God, his doctrines and precepts must be such. And as his perfect happiness cannot be separated from his perfect holiness, so our happiness will be in proportion to our being made holy. To walk in darkness, is to live and act against religion. God holds no heavenly fellowship or intercourse with unholy souls. There is no truth in their profession; their practice shows its folly and falsehood. The eternal Life, the eternal Son, put on flesh and blood, and died to wash us from our sins in his own blood, and procures for us the sacred influences by which sin is to be subdued more and more, till it is quite done away. While the necessity of a holy walk is insisted upon, as the effect and evidence of the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, the opposite error of self-righteous pride is guarded against with equal care. All who walk near to God, in holiness and righteousness, are sensible that their best days and duties are mixed with sin. God has given testimony to the sinfulness of the world, by providing a sufficient, effectual Sacrifice for sin, needed in all ages; and the sinfulness of believers themselves is shown, by requiring them continually to confess their sins, and to apply by faith to the blood of that Sacrifice. Let us plead guilty before God, be humble, and willing to know the worst of our case. Let us honestly confess all our sins in their full extent, relying wholly on his mercy and truth through the righteousness of Christ, for a free and full forgiveness, and our deliverance from the power and practice of sin.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 104:2
Commentary on Psalm 104:1-9
(Read Psalm 104:1-9)
Every object we behold calls on us to bless and praise the Lord, who is great. His eternal power and Godhead are clearly shown by the things which he hath made. God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. The Lord Jesus, the Son of his love, is the Light of the world.