He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

But you have said, ‘What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.

The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.

For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the Lord shines on you; his splendor appears over you.

Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

That day will be a day of God’s anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,

The Lord said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said. Then he inscribed the words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.

It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army – there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!