Psalms 97:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.

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  • Ps 89:14 : 14 Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
  • Exod 19:9 : 9 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment 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 knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
  • Heb 1:8-9 : 8 But unto the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, [even] 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: and that 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 The LORD [is] slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: the LORD 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 the LORD 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 sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him 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 midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; 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 the LORD, 11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. 12 ¶ Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
  • Ps 18:11-12 : 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.
  • Ps 45:6-7 : 6 ¶ Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
  • Ps 77:19 : 19 Thy way [is] in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

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  • Ps 97:3-6
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    3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

    4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

    5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

    6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

  • 14 Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

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    12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.

    13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

  • Ps 18:11-12
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    11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.

    12 At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.

  • 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.

  • 1 ¶ The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad [thereof].

  • 19 ¶ The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

  • Ps 93:1-2
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    1 ¶ The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, [wherewith] he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

    2 Thy throne [is] established of old: thou [art] from everlasting.

  • Ps 9:7-8
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    7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

    8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

  • 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

  • 10 ¶ Say among the heathen [that] the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

  • 1 ¶ The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth [between] the cherubims; let the earth be moved.

  • Job 22:13-14
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    13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

    14 Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

  • 5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

  • 9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

  • 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah.

  • 5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

  • 32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt.

  • 3 The LORD [is] slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds [are] the dust of his feet.

  • 4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

  • 7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

  • 13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

  • 2 ¶ He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

  • 22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God [is] terrible majesty.

  • Ps 36:5-6
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    5 ¶ Thy mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.

    6 Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

  • 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

  • 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.

  • 18 The voice of thy thunder [was] in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

  • 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.

  • 4 ¶ The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

  • 27 Glory and honour [are] in his presence; strength and gladness [are] in his place.

  • 8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

  • 6 ¶ The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

  • 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

  • 1 ¶ Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

  • 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

  • 12 ¶ Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

  • 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked] every day.

  • 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

  • 1 ¶ A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation [is] in the holy mountains.

  • 1 ¶ Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.