Verse 2

Clouds and darkness surround him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 89:14 : 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of your throne; mercy and truth shall go before your face.
  • Exod 19:9 : 9 And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever. And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's strength also loves justice; you establish equity, you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
  • Prov 16:12 : 12 It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, 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 to the Son He says, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. 9 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your companions.
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! 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 has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
  • Exod 20:21 : 21 So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near 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 to 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 mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mountain: and Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.
  • Deut 4:11-12 : 11 And you 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 spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of the words, but saw no form; only you heard a voice.
  • 1 Kgs 8:10-12 : 10 And it came to pass, when the priests came 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 Solomon spoke: The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
  • Ps 18:11-12 : 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and 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 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter. 7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions.
  • Ps 77:19 : 19 Your way is in the sea, and Your path in the great waters, and Your footsteps are not known.