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Clouds and darkness are all around Him; righteousness and judgment are the foundation of His throne.
And it happened on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mountain. And the voice of the trumpet was exceedingly loud, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. And darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub and did fly. And He was seen upon the wings of the wind. And He made darkness coverings around Him, dark waters, thick clouds of the skies.
And Solomon said, Jehovah has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
He made darkness His secret place, His pavilion around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
For you have not come to the mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, nor to blackness and darkness and tempest,
Select readings » Mankind in extremity
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; and he said: I love You, O Jehovah, my strength. Jehovah is my strength, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock; I will trust in Him; He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. I will call on Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. read more.
The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called on Jehovah, and I cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, into His ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; and the foundations of the hills moved and were shaken, because He was angry. A smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled by it. And He bowed the heavens and came down, and darkness was under His feet. And He rode on a cherub, and flew; yea, He soared on the wings of the wind. He made darkness His secret place, His pavilion around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. At the brightness before Him, His dark clouds passed through, hailstones and coals of fire passed. Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire. Yea, He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He shot out lightnings and crushed them. Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered, at Your rebuke, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me. They went before me in the day of my calamity; but Jehovah was my stay. He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called on Jehovah, and I cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, into His ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; and the foundations of the hills moved and were shaken, because He was angry. A smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled by it. And He bowed the heavens and came down, and darkness was under His feet. And He rode on a cherub, and flew; yea, He soared on the wings of the wind. He made darkness His secret place, His pavilion around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. At the brightness before Him, His dark clouds passed through, hailstones and coals of fire passed. Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire. Yea, He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He shot out lightnings and crushed them. Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered, at Your rebuke, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me. They went before me in the day of my calamity; but Jehovah was my stay. He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
Symbols and similitudes » Darkness, of God's inscrutability
and Jehovah said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother, that he does not come at all times into the sanctuary within the veil before the mercy-seat, which is on the Ark, so that he will not die. For I will appear in the cloud on the mercy-seat.
Clouds and darkness are all around Him; righteousness and judgment are the foundation of His throne.
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
He made darkness His secret place, His pavilion around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
For you have not come to the mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, nor to blackness and darkness and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words (which voice they who heard begged that a word should not be spoken to them any more,