Psalm 97:2

Yahweh's Glorious Reign

¹ Jehovah reigneth; let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad. ² Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. ³ A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about.

Righteousness and Justice

Thick Cloud

Justice And Judgment

Sinai

Psalm 89:14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

Exodus 19:9

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto Jehovah.

Genesis 18:25

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Exodus 20:21

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Exodus 24:16-18

And the glory of Jehovah 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.

Deuteronomy 4:11-12

And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

1 Kings 8:10-12

And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,

Psalm 18:11-12

He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Psalm 45:6-7

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Psalm 77:19

Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.

Psalm 99:4

The king's strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.

Nahum 1:3

Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty : Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

Hebrews 1:8-9

but of the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.