Psalm 97:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Clouds and darkness are round about Him [as at Sinai]; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. [Exod. 19:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Common English Bible

² Clouds and thick darkness surround God. His throne is built on righteousness and justice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² The Lord has made known his salvation. He has revealed his justice in the sight of the nations.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² The Lord hath made known his salvation: he hath revealed his justice in the sight of the Gentiles.

Psalm 97:2 Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

Job 23:14

For he will complete what he appoints for me, and many such things are in his mind.

Job 26:9

He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud.

Psalm 77:19

Your way was through the sea, your path through the mighty waters, yet your footprints were unseen.

Psalm 89:14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

Psalm 89:15

Happy are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;

Psalm 99:4

Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Exodus 19:9

Then the Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, in order that the people may hear when I speak with you and so trust you ever after.” When Moses had told the words of the people to the Lord,

Exodus 20:21

Then the people stood at a distance, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness.

Nahum 1:3

The Lord is slow to anger but great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!