² Dark clouds surround him.
    Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

³ The Lord is slow to get angry, but his power is great,
    and he never lets the guilty go unpunished.
He displays his power in the whirlwind and the storm.
    The billowing clouds are the dust beneath his feet.

64 ^[a]Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down!
    How the mountains would quake in your presence!
^2 [b]As fire causes wood to burn
    and water to boil,
your coming would make the nations tremble.
    Then your enemies would learn the reason for your fame!
³ When you came down long ago,
    you did awesome deeds beyond our highest expectations.
    And oh, how the mountains quaked!