Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Psalms 68:16
RV 'Why look ye askance' (i.e. why are ye jealous), 'ye high mountains, at the mountain' (Zion), 'which God hath desired for his abode?'
RV 'Why look ye askance' (i.e. why are ye jealous), 'ye high mountains, at the mountain' (Zion), 'which God hath desired for his abode?'
Verse Psalms 68:16. _WHY LEAP YE, YE HIGH HILLS?_] "God said, Why leap ye, ye high hills? It is not pleasing to me to give my law upon high and towering hills. Behold, Mount Sinai is low; and the WORD...
WHY LEAP YE, YE HIGH HILLS? - That is, with exultation; with pride; with conscious superiority. Why do you seem to regard yourselves as so superior to Mount Zion, in strength, in beauty, in grandeur?...
Psalms 68 The Great Redemption Accomplished _ 1. The introduction (Psalms 68:1)_ 2. The proclamation of His Name and of ‘His acts (Psalms 68:4) 3. A historic review ...
LXVIII. A SONG OF TRIUMPH. The most difficult of all the Pss. In some places the text is so corrupt that it defies any attempt at emendation, and the VSS give little, if any, help. The historical allu...
After this general introduction the Psalmist proceeds to review the past history of Israel in proof of God's victorious power and of His gracious love towards His people....
After the conquest of the land, God chose for His abode not the stately mountains of Bashan, whose natural preeminence might seem to mark them out for that privilege, but the insignificant hill of Zio...
Why look ye enviously, ye high-peaked mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever. The grander mountains of Bashan, not Hermon only, but...
THE HILL OF GOD IS, &C.— _Is the hill of Bashan, is the craggy hill of Bashan, the hill of God?_ Psalms 68:16. _Why look you with envy, ye craggy hills? THIS IS the mountain God hath desired to dwell...
PSALMS 68 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Glimpses of Jehovah's Visible Reign over Israel and the Nations. ANALYSIS (See Headlines insetted in text.) (Lm.) By DavidPsalm Song. (DIVISION ITHE KING: HIS PROWESS...
_THE HILL OF GOD IS AS THE HILL OF BASHAN; AN HIGH HILL AS THE HILL OF BASHAN._ -God has chosen Zion whereon to dwell forever, with His countless chariots, in spite of all the resistance of the pagan...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
(15-18) A third retrospect follows — the third scene in the sacred drama of Israel’s early fortunes. It sets forth the glory of God’s chosen mountain. A finer passage could hardly be found. The toweri...
WHY LEAP YE? — The verb occurs only here, but is explained by Delitzsch, by comparison with an Arabic root, to express the attitude of a beast crouching down for a spring on its prey; a fine image: th...
_[Psalms 68:17]_ לָ֤מָּה ׀ תְּֽרַצְּדוּן֮ הָרִ֪ים גַּבְנֻ֫נִּ֥ים הָ
Psalms 68:1 THIS superb hymn is unsurpassed, if not unequalled, in grandeur, lyric fire, and sustained rush of triumphant praise. It celebrates a victory; but it is the victory of the God who enters a...
THEIR MIGHTY DELIVERER Psalms 68:12 The processional march still continues. Presently Mount Zion comes in sight, and the neighboring hills are depicted as eying it enviously for its selection in pref...
This psalm sings the praise of the God of deliverances. It opens with a song of pure praise (verses Psa 68:1-6). This is then justified by a review of God's past dealings with His people (verses Psa 6...
(n) 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. (n) Why do you boast of your strength and beauty against this Mountain...
The hill of Zion, though beautiful for situation, and the joy of the whole earth, became so for no other reason but because the Lord chose it for himself, and to place his church there. For as to the...
16._Why leap ye, _(32) _ye high hills? _In this verse there is no obscurity or ambiguity. David having said that there was only one mountain in all the world which God had chosen, calls upon the highe...
Psalms 68 follows on these psalms, being the celebration of the introduction of Israel into the position spoken of in them. Still it has a complete and individual character of its own. It begins with...
WHY LEAP YE, YE HIGH HILLS?.... Meaning the kingdoms of this world that lift up themselves above, and look with contempt upon the interest, kingdom, and church of Christ; lie in wait for it, leap upon...
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. Ver. 16. _Why leap ye, ye high hills?_] Why do ye pride and please yourselv...
_Why leap ye, ye high hills_ Why exult ye, or triumph, boasting of your height, and looking down upon poor Zion with scorn and contempt, as an obscure and inconsiderable hill, if compared with you? He...
Why leap ye, ye high hills? the other many-peaked mountains looking with envy upon this abode of the Lord and His Church. THIS IS THE HILL WHICH GOD DESIRETH TO DWELL IN; YEA, THE LORD WILL DWELL IN I...
OF THE MESSIAH'S EXALTATION. To the chief musician, a psalm or song of David, the event which was the immediate cause for writing this powerful hymn, according to most commentators. being the placing...
15-21 The ascension of Christ must here be meant, and thereto it is applied, Ephesians 4:8. He received as the purchase of his death, the gifts needful for the conversion of sinners, and the salvatio...
WHY LEAP YE? why do you triumph and boast of your height, and look upon poor Zion with scorn and contempt, as an obscure and inconsiderable hill, if compared with you? He speaks to the hills by a usua...
Psalms 68:16 envy H7520 (H8762) mountains H2022 peaks H1386 mountain H2022 God H430 desires H2530 (H8804) dwell...
This was a Psalm sung, at the removing of the ark, when it was taken up to its resting-place on Mount Zion. All the tribes were gathered together, and, in full pomp, they marched along, bearing the sa...
CONTENTS: Prayer against enemies and for God's people. All called upon to praise God for His greatness and goodness. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The glory of Zion's King is that He is a Savi...
This psalm is the _Carmen seculare_ of the Hebrews, and far surpasses the _Te Deum_ of the christians. It has justly been eulogized in the whole succession of theological composition,. The song bursts...
_O God, when Thou wentest forth before Thy people, when Thou didst march through the wilderness._ THE PROGRESS OF HUMANITY I. It commences with the Divinely terrible (Psalms 68:7). As a rule, if not...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 68:1. This is a celebration of God’s continued care and protection. It remembers how God led his people through the wilderness into their inheritance. The celebration does n...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 68:15 The ark’s destination is the “sanctuary” on Mount Zion, the MOUNTAIN OF GOD. ⇐...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Psalm or Song of David_.” See Introduction to Psalms 48. The Superscription does not mention the occasion...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of triumphant praise and jubilation, the crown and gem of the Second Book. Professor Cheyne calls it "a patriotic and religious ode of wondrous range and compass, and in t...
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the pre...
1 Kings 9:3; Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 12:5; Hebrews 12:22;...
Leap — Why do you triumph and look upon Zion with contempt? He speaks to the hills by an usual figure. Will dwell — This hill, though despicable in your eyes, is precious in God's, and chosen by him f...