(A)Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
    (B)righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

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Clouds(A) and thick darkness(B) surround him;
    righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.(C)

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14 (A)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    (B)steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;(A)
    love and faithfulness go before you.(B)

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And the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am coming to you (A)in a thick cloud, that (B)the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also (C)believe you forever.”

When Moses told the words of the people to the Lord,

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The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud,(A) so that the people will hear me speaking(B) with you and will always put their trust(C) in you.” Then Moses told the Lord what the people had said.

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12 It is an abomination to kings to do evil,
    for (A)the throne is established by righteousness.

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12 Kings detest wrongdoing,
    for a throne is established through righteousness.(A)

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But of the Son he says,

(A)“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
    the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, (B)has anointed you
    with (C)the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”

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But about the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions(B)
    by anointing you with the oil(C) of joy.”[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:9 Psalm 45:6,7

33 Oh, the depth of the riches and (A)wisdom and knowledge of God! (B)How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

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Doxology

33 Oh, the depth of the riches(A) of the wisdom and[a] knowledge of God!(B)
    How unsearchable his judgments,
    and his paths beyond tracing out!(C)

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  1. Romans 11:33 Or riches and the wisdom and the

(A)The King in his might (B)loves justice.[a]
    You have established equity;
you have executed justice
    and righteousness in Jacob.

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  1. Psalm 99:4 Or The might of the King loves justice

The King(A) is mighty, he loves justice(B)
    you have established equity;(C)
in Jacob you have done
    what is just and right.(D)

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25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, (A)so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! (B)Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

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(A)The Lord is slow to anger and (B)great in power,
    and (C)the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.
(D)His way is in whirlwind and storm,
    and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

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The Lord is slow to anger(A) but great in power;
    the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.(B)
His way is in the whirlwind(C) and the storm,(D)
    and clouds(E) are the dust of his feet.

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19 Your (A)way was through the sea,
    your path through the great waters;
    yet your footprints (B)were unseen.[a]

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  1. Psalm 77:19 Hebrew unknown

19 Your path(A) led through the sea,(B)
    your way through the mighty waters,
    though your footprints were not seen.

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(A)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
    The (B)scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
    (C)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore (D)God, your God, has (E)anointed you
    with the oil of (F)gladness (G)beyond your companions;

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Your throne, O God,[a] will last for ever and ever;(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
You love righteousness(B) and hate wickedness;(C)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing(D) you with the oil of joy.(E)

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  1. Psalm 45:6 Here the king is addressed as God’s representative.

11 He made darkness his covering, his (A)canopy around him,
    thick clouds (B)dark with water.
12 Out of the brightness before him
    (C)hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.

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11 He made darkness his covering,(A) his canopy(B) around him—
    the dark rain clouds of the sky.
12 Out of the brightness of his presence(C) clouds advanced,
    with hailstones(D) and bolts of lightning.(E)

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10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, (A)a cloud filled the house of the Lord, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

Solomon Blesses the Lord

12 (B)Then Solomon said, “The Lord[a] has said that he would dwell (C)in thick darkness.

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  1. 1 Kings 8:12 Septuagint The Lord has set the sun in the heavens, but

10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud(A) filled the temple of the Lord. 11 And the priests could not perform their service(B) because of the cloud, for the glory(C) of the Lord filled his temple.

12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;(D)

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