Psalms 97:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitationb of his throne. ”

• Psalms 97:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Clouds and darkness are round about him - This is a description of the majesty of God, derived probably from the manner in which he manifested himself at Mount Sinai. Exodus 19:16-19 . God is of...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (c) Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne. (c) He is thus described to keep his enemies in fear, who commonly contemn God's power.

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• Psalms 97:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  XCVII. Yahweh in the Storm. The appearance of Yahweh is described in terms of primitive religion, when He was the God of fire and tempest, earthquake and volcano. These traits are retained, but uni...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  habitation . foundation.

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• Psalms 97:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 663 GOD’S WAYS DARK, BUT JUST Psalms 97:2 . Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. THE reign of Christ is here spoken...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. Clouds and darkness are round about him - It is granted that this is a subject which cannot b...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The habitation of his throne— The basis, or foundation of his throne. It may be proper just to observe, that as the verbs in these first verses are in the present tense, so they should be throu...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. Clouds and darkness are round about him - drawn from David's Psalms 18:9 ; Psalms 18:11...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  This is another 'theocratic' Ps., declaring how God has taken vengeance on His enemies in a way to which all nature responded ( Psalms 97:2-6 ), denouncing idols and their worshippers ( Psalms 97:7 )...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Clouds and darkness. — Comp. Psalms 18:10-12 . The imagery in the first instance is borrowed from the Theophany at Sinai. ( Exodus 19:9 ; Exodus 19:16 ; Exodus 20:21 ; Deuteronomy 4:11 ; Deute...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 97:1-12 THE summons to praise the King with a new song Psalms 96:1-13 is followed by this psalm, which repeats the dominant idea of the group, "Jehovah is King," but from a fresh point of...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “Be Glad in the Lord” Psalms 97:1-12 The keynote here is the reign of God. To the wicked, it spells misery; to the believer, it is the inauguration of harmony and joy. It is as though herald-an...

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• Psalms 97:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The reign of Jehovah, while wholly beneficent in purpose and in ultimate issue, is yet full of terror and of judgment in its process toward the issue. This is also cause for rejoicing. The method of...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  How blessedly doth this verse follow the former! Though clouds and darkness prevent my seeing at all times the way of his dispensations towards the church, and towards my soul; still do I not know th...

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• Psalms 97:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Clouds and darkness are round about him ,.... Either as a garment; so Apollinarius paraphrases it, "near is the King clothed with a cloud and tempest;'' and it is usual with the Heathens to repres...

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• Psalms 97:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne. Ver. 2. Clouds and darkness are round about him ] As once at the delivering of the law, so...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Clouds and darkness are round about him His dispensations are mysterious and altogether unaccountable; his ways in the sea, and his path in the great waters. We are not aware what his designs are...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Righteousness and Glory of the Divine Government; Establishment of Christ's Kingdom.       1 The L ORD reigneth; let the...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Clouds and darkness are round about him; a dark cloud doth encompass him; wherein he seems to allude to that dark cloud in which God did anciently so often manifest his presence for the comfort of...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION This is another of the series of Psalms which celebrate the advent of Jehovah as King. There are seven in the series, the ninety-third being the first, and the hundredth the last. The n...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 97:1-2 We have set before us in this text: I. The fact of the Divine government of the universe. There is no atheism here: "the Lord." There is no polytheism here: "the Lord" one. There...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  This psalm, which opens like the ninety third and some others, was composed by David, when the whole of the promised land was given to him for a kingdom, and when God had also given him rest from his...

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• Psalms 97:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice. The reign of God over the world I. The reign of God over the world ( Psalms 97:1 ). 1. His laws are righteous. 2. His purpose is benevolent. II...

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• Psalms 97:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION ANOTHER liturgical psalm on the advent of Christ The psalmist sees him take possession of his throne, but, this time, rather in judgment than in mercy. His accession is described wi...

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• Psalms 97:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Messiah the King of the Whole Earth. There can be no doubt that the superscription of this psalm in Luther's Bible, "Of Christ and His Kingdom," is correct, that it is Jehovah, the second pers...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 8:10-12 ; Deuteronomy 4:11 ; Deuteronomy 4:12 ; Exodus 20:21 ; Exodus 24:16-18 ; Genesis 18:25 ; Hebrews 1:8 ; Hebrews 1:9 ; Nahum 1:3 ; Proverbs 16:12 ; Psalms 18:11 ; Psalms 18:...

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• Psalms 97:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Darkness — A dark cloud doth encompass him.

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