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Psalms 97:2–4

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Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
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From verse 2

  1. Psalms 89:14Rank 1 from verse 2
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    14Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

  2. Exodus 19:9Rank 2 from verse 2
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    9And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.

  3. Proverbs 16:12Rank 3 from verse 2
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    12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

  4. Hebrews 1:8–9Rank 4 from verse 2
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    8But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

    9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

  5. Genesis 18:25Rank 5 from verse 2
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    25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  6. Nahum 1:3Rank 6 from verse 2
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    3The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

  7. Psalms 99:4Rank 7 from verse 2
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    4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

  8. 1 Kings 8:10–12Rank 8 from verse 2
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    10And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,

    11So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

    12¶ Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

  9. Deuteronomy 4:11–12Rank 9 from verse 2
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    11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

    12And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

  10. Exodus 24:16–18Rank 10 from verse 2
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    16And the glory of the Lord 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.

    17And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

    18And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

  11. Psalms 18:11–12Rank 11 from verse 2
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    11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

    12At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

  12. Psalms 45:6–7Rank 12 from verse 2
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    6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

    7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

  13. Exodus 20:21Rank 13 from verse 2
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    21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

  14. Psalms 77:19Rank 14 from verse 2
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    19Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

  15. Romans 11:33Rank 15 from verse 2
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    33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

From verse 3

  1. Psalms 50:3Rank 1 from verse 3
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    3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

  2. Hebrews 12:29Rank 2 from verse 3
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    29For our God is a consuming fire.

  3. Psalms 18:8Rank 3 from verse 3
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    8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

  4. 2 Thessalonians 1:8Rank 4 from verse 3
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    8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  5. Malachi 4:1Rank 5 from verse 3
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    1FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

  6. Daniel 7:10Rank 6 from verse 3
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    10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

  7. Psalms 21:8–9Rank 7 from verse 3
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    8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

    9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

  8. Deuteronomy 32:22Rank 8 from verse 3
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    22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

  9. Nahum 1:5–6Rank 9 from verse 3
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    5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

    6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

  10. 2 Peter 3:10–12Rank 10 from verse 3
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    10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

    11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

    12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

  11. Deuteronomy 4:11Rank 11 from verse 3
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    11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

  12. Deuteronomy 5:23–24Rank 12 from verse 3
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    23And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

    24And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

  13. Deuteronomy 5:4Rank 13 from verse 3
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    4The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

  14. Habakkuk 3:5Rank 14 from verse 3
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    5Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

  15. Revelation 11:5Rank 15 from verse 3
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    5And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

  16. Deuteronomy 4:36Rank 16 from verse 3
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    36Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

  17. Revelation 20:15Rank 17 from verse 3
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    15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

From verse 4

  1. Psalms 77:18Rank 1 from verse 4
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    18The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

  2. Revelation 11:19Rank 2 from verse 4
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    19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

  3. Exodus 19:16–18Rank 3 from verse 4
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    16¶ And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

    17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

    18And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

  4. Jeremiah 10:10Rank 4 from verse 4
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    10But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

  5. Job 9:6Rank 5 from verse 4
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    6Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

  6. Psalms 104:32Rank 6 from verse 4
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    32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.

  7. Matthew 27:50–51Rank 7 from verse 4
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    50¶ Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

    51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

  8. Psalms 114:7Rank 8 from verse 4
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    7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

  9. Psalms 144:5–6Rank 9 from verse 4
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    5Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

    6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

  10. Psalms 96:9Rank 10 from verse 4
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    9O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

  11. Revelation 19:11Rank 11 from verse 4
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    11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

  12. Matthew 28:2–3Rank 12 from verse 4
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    2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

    3His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

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DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 97:2

COMBINED MEANING

clouds

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Sense 1: Visible masses of condensed vapour in the sky. Sense 2: Figures of covering, multitude, or obscurity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

judgment

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The act, authority, process, cause, or result of judging; discernment, legal hearing, verdict, ordinance, justice, government, vindication, condemnation, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

habitation

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A dwelling, abode, or place of residence; a place of refuge or shelter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 97:3

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fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 97:4

COMBINED MEANING

enlightened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of enlighten, meaning to give light, illuminate darkness, or cause light and understanding where there was obscurity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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97:1THE Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.

97:2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

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97:3A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

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97:4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

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97:5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

97:6The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

97:7Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

97:8Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord.

97:9For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

97:10Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

97:12Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

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