Psalm 97:2

Yahweh's Glorious Reign

¹ The Lord reigns! Let the earth rejoice;
let the many coasts and islands be glad. ² Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
³ Fire goes before Him
and burns up His foes on every side.

Righteousness and Justice

Thick Cloud

Justice And Judgment

Sinai

Psalm 89:14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne;
faithful love and truth go before You.

Exodus 19:9

The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you and will always believe you.” Then Moses reported the people’s words to the Lord.

Genesis 18:25

You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

Exodus 20:21

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

Exodus 24:16-18

The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day He called to Moses from the cloud.

Deuteronomy 4:11-12

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.

1 Kings 8:10-12

When the priests came out of the holy place, the cloud filled the Lord’s temple,

Psalm 18:11-12

He made darkness His hiding place,
dark storm clouds His canopy around Him.

Psalm 45:6-7

Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

Psalm 77:19

Your way went through the sea
and Your path through the great waters,
but Your footprints were unseen.

Psalm 99:4

The mighty King loves justice.
You have established fairness;
You have administered justice
and righteousness in Jacob.

Proverbs 16:12

Wicked behavior is detestable to kings,
since a throne is established through righteousness.

Nahum 1:3

The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;
the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.
His path is in the whirlwind and storm,
and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Romans 11:33

Oh, the depth of the riches
both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God!
How unsearchable His judgments
and untraceable His ways!

Hebrews 1:8-9

but to the Son:

Your throne, God,
is forever and ever,
and the scepter of Your kingdom
is a scepter of justice.