Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 76:4
4You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
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
2His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion. 3There 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. 5The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand. 6At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.
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נָ֭אוֹר אַתָּ֥ה אַדִּ֗יר מֵֽהַרְרֵי־טָֽרֶף׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 76:4
- Jeremiah 4:7A 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.
- Ezekiel 19:1“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
- Ezekiel 38:12in 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.’
- Daniel 7:4The 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.
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
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