Psalms 97:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation 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 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go{H8762)} 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{H8804)} righteousness, and hatest{H8799)} wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed{H8804)} 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{H8738)}.