Psalms 68:16
You high-peaked mountains, why look you askance at the mountain which God has desired for his home whereon the Lord will live forever?
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
In Context
15A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan, a mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
17The chariots of God are twice ten thousand: the Lord came from Sinai, his holy place.
Cross References
Psalms 87:1On the holy mountain stands the city he founded.
Psalms 114:6Mountains, why skip ram-like? Why, hills, like the young of the flock?
Revelation 21:2And I saw the Holy City, Jerusalem, descending new out of heaven from God, like a bride adorned in readiness for her husband.
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 →