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 which in its turn rests on Exodus 19:16; Exodus 19:18; Deuteronomy 5:22. The clouds, darkness and lightnings, the awful accompaniments of Yahweh's manifestation at the giving of the Law on Sinai, are the type and presage of the same accompaniments on a grander and more awful scale at the final consummation of the Law and the Gospel at the Lord's second coming (Psalms 50:3; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9). The dark clouds ominously intimate the lightnings of wrath which break forth against the idolaters (Psalms 97:3; Psalms 97:7).
Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. Translate, 'the firm basis (the prepared ground) of His throne;' from Psalms 89:14. Righteousness implies judgments on the transgressors of what is right, and salvation to the people of God who uphold it.