Psalms 68:16
(68-17) Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks, at the mountain which God hath desired for His abode? Yea, the LORD will dwell therein for ever.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
15(68-16) A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:11then it shall come to pass that the place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD.
Psalms 87:1A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.
Psalms 114:6Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; ye hills, like young sheep?
Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the end of days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 68:16-22
Glory of Zion; The King of Zion. 15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; a high hill as the hill of Bashan. 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. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. 18 Thou 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… Read the whole commentary →