Psalm 68:16 “Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mounta…”

Psalm 68:16

Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, the LORD will dwell there forever.

American Standard Version

Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

Why leape ye, ye high mountaines? as for this Mountaine, God deliteth to dwell in it: yea, the Lord will dwell in it for euer.

Darby Translation

Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell [there] for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

Why do ye envy, O high hills, The hill God hath desired for His seat? Jehovah also doth tabernacle for ever.

Bible in Basic English

Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.

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Cross references

“Why”

Isaiah 2:2 Psalm 114:4 Psalm 114:6

Isaiah 2:2 · BSB

In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.

Psalm 114:4 · BSB

the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

Psalm 114:6 · BSB

O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?

“the hill”

Deuteronomy 12:5 Deuteronomy 12:11 1 Kings 9:3 Psalm 132:13 Psalm 132:14 Hebrews 12:22

Deuteronomy 12:5 · BSB

Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

Deuteronomy 12:11 · BSB

then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to…

1 Kings 9:3 · BSB

And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

Psalm 132:13 · BSB

For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:

Psalm 132:14 · BSB

“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.

Hebrews 12:22 · BSB

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

Also

Psalm 87:1–2

Psalm 87:1–2 · BSB

He has founded His city on the holy mountains.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.

17The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.

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