Psalms 76:4
2 His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
3 There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
5 The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
6 At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
- KJV
- Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
- WEB
- Glorious are you, and excellent, more than mountains of game.
- ASV
- Glorious art thou [and] excellent, From the mountains of prey.
- DARBY
- More glorious art thou, more excellent, than the mountains of prey.
- BLB
- luminous are You and majestic, from the mountains of prey.
- ÅB
- Strålende er du, herlig fremfor røverfjellene[^1].
- OTB
- Du er strålende,
Mer majestetisk enn fjellene fulle av bytte. - B1930
- Strålende er du, herlig fremfor røverfjellene. / < d.e. de rovgjerrige verdensriker.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 19:1–4
“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
Read in contextDaniel 7:17–28
‘These four great beasts are four kings who will arise from the earth.
Read in contextJeremiah 4:7
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
Read in contextEzekiel 19:6
He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
Read in contextDaniel 7:4–8
The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.
Read in contextEzekiel 38:12–13
in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’
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