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Psalm 68:16 KJV
Psalms · chapter 68 · verse 16
Why 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 68:16 · King James Version
Psalm 68:16 in context
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 →
- hillshara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- dwellshâkanto reside or permanently stayH7931 →
- leaprâtsadprobably to look askantH7520 →
- highgabnôna hump or peak of hillsH1386 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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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