Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment.
—Psalm 104:1.
There is but one instance in the Assyrian Hymns, when the beauty of the god is the delight of the worshipper. This is somewhat akin to the feeling of the mystic:
Fruit which hath created itself, of lofty form beautiful to look upon, in whose being one cannot sufficiently state oneself. —Hymn to Sin No. 5.
There are no parallels to this among the biblical hymns but there are parallels among other psalms:
That I may dwell in the house of Yahwe
All the days of my life
To behold the beauty of Yahwe.
—Psalm 27:4.
As for me I shall behold thy face in righteousness;