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    You are dressed in a robe of light.
You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;
    you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds.
You make the clouds your chariot;
    you ride upon the wings of the wind.
The winds are your messengers;
    flames of fire are your servants.[a]

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  1. 104:4 Greek version reads He sends his angels like the winds, / his servants like flames of fire. Compare Heb 1:7.

The Lord wraps(A) himself in light(B) as with a garment;
    he stretches(C) out the heavens(D) like a tent(E)
    and lays the beams(F) of his upper chambers on their waters.(G)
He makes the clouds(H) his chariot(I)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.(J)
He makes winds his messengers,[a](K)
    flames of fire(L) his servants.

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  1. Psalm 104:4 Or angels