Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3A fire shall go before him, and shall burn his enemies round about.
Cross References
Exodus 19:9The Lord said to him: Lo, now will I come to thee in the darkness of a cloud, that the people may hear me speaking to thee, and may believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.
Exodus 24:16And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai, covering it with a cloud six days: and the seventh day he called him out of the midst of the cloud.
1 Kings 8:10And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the sanctuary, that a cloud filled the house of the Lord,
Job 23:14And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.
Psalms 18:11And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
Psalms 77:19the voice of thy thunder in a wheel. Thy lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled.
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 →