Psalms 76:4

Psalms 76:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
• New International Version (NIV)You are radiant with light, more majestic than mountains rich with game.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Glorious are you, more majestic than the mountains full of prey.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You are more glorious and excellent Than the mountains of prey.

Context of Psalms 76:4

2In Salem also is his tabernacle, And his dwelling-place in Zion. 3There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. [Selah Glorious art thou and excellent, From the mountains of prey. 5The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands. 6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

Psalms 76:4 word by word

נָ֭אוֹר אַתָּ֥ה אַדִּ֗יר מֵֽהַרְרֵי־טָֽרֶף׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 76:4

• Jeremiah 4:7A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
• Ezekiel 19:1Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
• Ezekiel 38:12to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth.
• Daniel 7:4The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon two feet as a man; and a man’s heart was given to it.

Commentaries on Psalms 76:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Than the mountains of prey - This is an address to Mount Zion. Thou art more illustrious and excellent than all the mountains of prey, i.e., where wild beasts wander, and prey on those that are more helpless than themselves. Zion was the place where God dwelt; the other mountains were the abode of wild beasts.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Thou art more glorious and excellent - The word rendered glorious - נאור na'ôr - is from the verb which means “to shine,” to give light, and the word would properly refer to a luminous or “shining” object - as the sun, the source of light. Hence, it means “shining,” splendid, glorious; and it is thus applied to the Divine Being with reference to his perfections, being like light. Compare 1 John 1:5. The word rendered “excellent,” means exalted, noble…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The victorious king’s splendor, glory, and majesty are greater than anything in the created order (Psalm 8:1; 29:4; 111:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Thou--God. mountains of prey--great victorious nations, as Assyria (Is 41:15; Eze 38:11, 12; Zec 4:7).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 76

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings