Verse 2

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 89:14 : 14 Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand is exalted.
  • Exod 19:9 : 9 The LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, I am coming to you in a dense cloud so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may always believe in you.' Then Moses reported the people's words to the LORD.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The Mighty King loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
  • Prov 16:12 : 12 Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established by righteousness.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and His ways beyond tracing out!
  • Heb 1:8-9 : 8 But about the Son He says, 'Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness will be the scepter of Your kingdom.' 9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of joy beyond Your companions.
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?'
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; he will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.
  • Exod 20:21 : 21 The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
  • Exod 24:16-18 : 16 The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day, the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. 17 The appearance of the LORD's glory was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the sight of the Israelites. 18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
  • Deut 4:11-12 : 11 You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire up to the very heavens, with darkness, cloud, and thick gloom. 12 Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form—there was only a voice.
  • 1 Kgs 8:10-12 : 10 When the priests withdrew from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD. 11 The priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD. 12 Then Solomon said, 'The LORD has said that He would dwell in thick darkness.'
  • Ps 18:11-12 : 11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. 12 He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him—the dark rain clouds of the skies.
  • Ps 45:6-7 : 6 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the nations fall beneath your feet. 7 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of righteousness.
  • Ps 77:19 : 19 Your thunder echoed in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.