“Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.”
The divine appearance: "Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne." The theophanic darkness and the foundation of justice establish that divine judgment accompanies divine rule.
Church Fathers on Psalms 97:2
1. ...This Psalm is entitled, “A Psalm of David's, when his land was restored.” Let us refer the whole to Christ, if we wish to keep the road of a right understanding: let us not depart from the corner stone, Ephesians 2:20 lest our understanding suffer a fall: in Him let that become fixed, which wavered with unstable motion; let that rest upon Him, which before was waving to and fro in uncertainty. Whatever doubt a man has in his mind when he hears the Scriptures of God, let…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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