(A)Clouds and darkness surround 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 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.

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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 come to you (A)in the thick cloud, (B)that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever.”

So 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 for kings to commit wickedness,
For (A)a 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 to the Son He says:

(A)“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A [a]scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, (B)has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:8 A ruler’s staff

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

33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!

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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

The King’s strength also loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

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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 as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so (A)that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! (B)Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

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The Lord is (A)slow to anger and (B)great in power,
And will not at all acquit the wicked.

(C)The Lord has His way
In the whirlwind and in the 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 way was in the sea,
Your path in the great waters,
And Your footsteps were not known.

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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;
A (B)scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has (C)anointed You
With the oil of (D)gladness more than 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 secret place;
(A)His canopy around Him was dark waters
And thick clouds of the skies.
12 (B)From the brightness before Him,
His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.

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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 it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place, that the cloud (A)filled the house of the Lord, 11 so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the (B)glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

12 (C)Then Solomon spoke:

“The Lord said He would dwell (D)in the dark cloud.

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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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