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Psalms 97:2

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

KJV

Notum fecit Dominus salutare suum ; in conspectu gentium revelavit justitiam suam.

Vulgate

ἐγνώρισεν Κύριος τὸ σωτήριον αὐτοῦ ἐναντίον τῶν ἐθνῶν· ἀπεκάλυψεν τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ.

LXX

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

ASV

עָנָ֣ן וַ/עֲרָפֶ֣ל סְבִיבָ֑י/ו צֶ֥דֶק וּ֝/מִשְׁפָּ֗ט מְכ֣וֹן כִּסְאֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 134×
י
y
noun · 422×
מְכ֣וֹן
mkvn
noun · 17×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
עֲרָפֶֽל
'rpl
noun · 15×
עָנָ֖ן
'nn
noun · 87×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:10 — And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
  • 1Kgs 8:12 — Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
  • 2Chr 6:1 — Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
  • 2Sam 22:10 — He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
  • 2Sam 22:12 — And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
  • Dan 7:10 — A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
  • Deut 4:11 — 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.
  • Deut 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
  • Exod 19:9 — 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.
  • Exod 19:9 — 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.
  • Exod 20:21 — And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
  • Exod 24:16 — 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.
  • Ezek 1:18 — As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
  • Ezek 1:27 — And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were th
  • Gen 18:25 — 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 rig
  • Heb 1:8 — 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.
  • Job 22:14 — Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
  • Job 23:14 — For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
  • Job 26:9 — He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
  • Lam 3:44 — Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
  • Mark 9:7 — And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
  • Nah 1:3 — 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.
  • Nah 1:3 — 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.
  • Prov 16:12 — It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
  • Ps 18:11 — He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
  • Ps 18:11 — He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
  • Ps 45:6 — Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
  • Ps 77:19 — Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
  • Ps 77:19 — Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
  • Ps 89:14 — Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
  • Ps 89:14 — Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
  • Ps 94:15 — But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
  • Ps 99:4 — The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
  • Rev 1:7 — Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
  • Rev 14:14 — And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
  • Rev 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
  • Rom 11:33 — 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!
  • Rom 11:33 — 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!