He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence— as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence! When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind;
And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.
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