Psalm 97:2-5

The Lord Reigns

² _a Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
_b righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
³ _c Fire goes before him
and burns up his adversaries all around.
⁴ His _d lightnings light up the world;
the earth sees and _e trembles.
⁵ The mountains _f melt like _g wax before the Lord,
before _h the Lord of all the earth.

1. Cross References
   Exodus 19:9
   And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever." When Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.
   Deuteronomy 4:11
   And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.
   Deuteronomy 5:22
   These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and he added no more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
   1 Kings 8:12
   Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
   Psalms 18:11
   He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
   
2. Cross References
   Psalms 89:14
   Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 21:9
   You will make them as a blazing oven when you appear. The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath, and fire will consume them.
   Psalms 50:3
   Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 77:18
   The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 96:9
   Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!
   
6. Cross References
   Nahum 1:5
   The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it.
   Judges 5:5
   The mountains quaked before the Lord, even Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.
   
7. Cross References
   Psalms 68:2
   As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
   
8. Cross References
   Joshua 3:11
   Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into the Jordan.