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Psalms 68:16 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 68:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 68:168 words
HebrewMeaning
הַרhar
O mountain ofnounH2022
mount · promotion
אֱ֭לֹהִיםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הַרhar
O mountain ofnounH2022
mount · promotion
בָּשָׁ֑ןbāšān
BashannounH1316
הַ֥רhar
O mountain ofnounH2022
mount · promotion
גַּ֝בְנֻנִּ֗יםgabənuniym
peaksnounH1386
הַרhar
O mountain ofnounH2022
mount · promotion
בָּשָֽׁןbāšān
BashannounH1316
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 68:16

1. Of this Psalm, the title seems not to need operose discussion: for simple and easy it appears. For thus it stands: “For the end, for David himself a Psalm of a Song.” But in many Psalms already we have reminded you what is “at the end: for the end of the Law is Christ for righteousness to every man believing:” Romans 10:4 He is the end which makes perfect, not that which consumes or destroys. Nevertheless, if any one endeavours to inquire, what means, “a Psalm of a Song:”…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 68 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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