2 Samuel 22:10

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He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

Lord, part Your heavens and come down.
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

If only You would tear the heavens open

and come down,
so that mountains would quake at Your presence—

And the people remained standing at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire into the heavens and enveloped in a dense, black cloud.

Then Solomon said:

The Lord said that He would dwell in thick darkness.

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

laying the beams of His palace
on the waters above,
making the clouds His chariot,
walking on the wings of the wind,

From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over the whole land.

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three,