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Psalm 68:15-16 KJV
Psalms · chapter 68 · verses 15–16
15The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. 16Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.Psalm 68:15-16 · King James Version
Psalm 68:15-16 in context
13Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
14When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
15The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- desirethchâmadto delight inH2530 →
- BashanBâshânBashan , a region East of the JordanH1316 →
- dwellshâkanto reside or permanently stayH7931 →
- hillhara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- highgabnôna hump or peak of hillsH1386 →
- leaprâtsadprobably to look askantH7520 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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David, having given God praise for what he had done for Israel in general, as the God of Israel (Psa 68:8), here comes to give him praise as Zion's God in a special manner; compare Psa 9:11. Sing praises to the Lord who dwelleth in Zion, for which reason Zion is called the hill of God. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-21