King James Version
Psalms 104:3 in the King James Version says “Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 104 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:”
Psalms 104:3 · KJV
Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever . Who: Heb. He hath founded the earth upon her bases
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Who layeth the beams”
H7136to light upon (chiefly by accident); specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
“of his chambers”
H5944something lofty, i.e., a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky
“who maketh”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“the clouds”
H5645properly, an envelope, i.e., darkness (or density, 2 chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
“who walketh”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon the wings”
H3671an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinna
“of the wind”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
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