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Psalms 97:2
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Psalms 97:2
2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
2*‖Clouds and darkenesse are round about him: righteousnesse and iudgement are the habitation of his throne.
- Or, establishment.
- Psal.89.15.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 97:2
Visible masses of condensed vapour in the sky; also figures of covering, multitude, or obscurity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Absence of light; also obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
habitation
A dwelling place.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616
A royal seat; by extension, sovereign rule or authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study14Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
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Open the full verse study9And 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.
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Open the full verse study12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
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Open the full verse study8But 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.
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Open the full verse study25That 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?
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Open the full verse study3The 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.
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Open the full verse study4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
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Open the full verse study10And 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.
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Open the full verse study11And 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.
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Open the full verse study16And 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.
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Open the full verse study11He 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.
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Open the full verse study6Thy 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.
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Open the full verse study21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
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Open the full verse study19Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
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Open the full verse study33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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