Psalms 97:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עָנָ֣ן וַעֲרָפֶ֣ל סְבִיבָ֑יו צֶ֥דֶק וּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט מְכ֣וֹן כִּסְאֽוֹ

Transliteration

ʿānān wa-ʿărāp̄el sĕḇîḇāyw ṣeḏeq û-mišpāṭ məḵôn kisʾô

Grammar Details

• *ʿānān*: noun, masculine singular - cloud
• *wa-ʿărāp̄el*: conjunction waw + noun, masculine singular - and thick darkness/gloom
• *sĕḇîḇāyw*: preposition + suffix, 3rd person masculine singular - around him
• *ṣeḏeq*: noun, masculine singular - righteousness
• *û-mišpāṭ*: conjunction waw + noun, masculine singular - and justice
• *məḵôn*: noun, masculine singular construct - foundation/established place of
• *kisʾô*: noun, masculine singular + suffix, 3rd person masculine singular - his throne

Word Meanings

• *ʿărāp̄el*: thick darkness/gloom/heavy cloud
• *sĕḇîḇāyw*: surrounding him/around him/encircling him
• *ṣeḏeq*: righteousness/rightness/justice
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/legal decision
• *məḵôn*: foundation/established place/base

Referenced Verses

• Ps 89:14 : 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.
• Exod 19:9 : 9 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto Jehovah.
• Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob.
• Prov 16:12 : 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.
• Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
• Heb 1:8-9 : 8 but of the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore {G5124} God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
• Nah 1:3 : 3 Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty]: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
• Exod 20:21 : 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
• Exod 24:16-18 : 16 And the glory of Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
• Deut 4:11-12 : 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. 12 And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only [ye heard] a voice.
• 1 Kgs 8:10-12 : 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah. 12 Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
• Ps 18:11-12 : 11 He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.
• Ps 45:6-7 : 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Ps 77:19 : 19 Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.