Psalms 97:2
Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
1The Lord is King, let the earth have joy; let all the sea-lands be glad.
3Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.
Cross References
Exodus 19:9And the Lord said to Moses, See, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that what I say to you may come to the ears of the people and they may have belief in you for ever. And Moses gave the Lord word of what the people had said.
Exodus 24:16And the glory of the Lord was resting on Mount Sinai, and the cloud was over it for six days; and on the seventh day he said Moses' name out of the cloud.
1 Kings 8:10Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, the house of the Lord was full of the cloud,
Job 23:14For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.
Psalms 18:11\18:10\And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.
Psalms 77:19\77:18\The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 97:2-8
Righteousness and Glory of the Divine Government; Establishment of Christ's Kingdom. 1 The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. 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.… Read the whole commentary →