Psalms 76:4
(76-5) Glorious art Thou and excellent, coming down from the mountains of prey.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
In Context
3(76-4) There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah
Cross References
Psalms 37:15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Ezekiel 19:1Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Ezekiel 38:12to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth.
Daniel 7:4The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings; I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon two feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 76:2-7
Triumph in God. 1 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. 2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. 4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. 5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. The church is here… Read the whole commentary →