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Psalms 104:1

Psalms 104:1

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Bless: This sublime poem on the works of God in creation and providence, is ascribed to David in the LXX, Vulgate, Ethiopic, Syriac, and Arabic; and as it opens and closes with the same words as the preceding psalm, it is probable that it was composed on the same occasion; and it is written as part of it in nine manuscripts , ,

O Lord: ; ;

art very great: ; , ;

clothed: ; ;

honour: ,

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