Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
This psalm speaks not of the kingdom under Moses and the prophets, but of Christ's kingdom erected by the Gospel. The Psalmist commends it by its greatness and glory, which rightly compels our reverent fear, yet shows it established for the salvation of sinners, which makes it amiable and full of mercy.
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Commenting on Psalm 97:1-12
Clouds and darkness are round about him. So the Lord revealed himself at Sinai, so must he ever surround his essential Deity when he shows himself to the sons of men, or his excessive glory would destroy them. Every revelation of God must also be an obvelation; there must be a veiling of his infinite splendour if anything is to be seen by finite beings.
The Lord reigns: He who made the world governs it, gives law and motion, ordains all events and judgments. Christ holds both the providential and mediatorial kingdoms, so that His reign is cause for joy to all the earth and every distant shore, if they do not wilfully refuse it.
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Commenting on Psalm 97:1-7