English Standard Version
Psalms 104:18
18The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
Psalms 104:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
- New International Version (NIV)The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The high hills are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.
- New Living Translation (NLT)High in the mountains live the wild goats, and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.
Context of Psalms 104:18
16The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. 17In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees. The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. 19He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. 20You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
Read all of Psalms 104Psalms 104:18 word by word
הָרִ֣ים הַ֭גְּבֹהִים לַיְּעֵלִ֑ים סְ֝לָעִ֗ים מַחְסֶ֥ה לַֽשְׁפַנִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 104:18
- 1 Samuel 24:2Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats' Rocks.
- Job 39:1"Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does?
- Deuteronomy 14:7Yet of those that chew the cud or have the hoof cloven you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, are unclean for you.
- Proverbs 30:26the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
Commentaries on Psalms 104:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18The high hills are a refuge - The barren tops of the highest hills, and the craggy abrupt precipices of the most stupendous rocks, are not without their uses: they afford protection, refuge, and food, for creatures whose dispositions and habits are suited to such places; and thus no part of the creation is useless. The creatures who are their inhabitants are necessary links in the great chain of animated beings, and show the wisdom and providence of God…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats - Still keeping up the description of animated nature - the carrying out of the work of creation. The idea is, that nature is full of life. Even the most inaccessible places - the rocks - the high hills - have their inhabitants. Where man cannot climb or dwell, there are abodes of animals which God has made to dwell there, and which find there a refuge - a shelter - a home. On the word used here, and rendered…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 When we reflect upon the provision made for all creatures, we should also notice the natural worship they render to God. Yet man, forgetful ungrateful man, enjoys the largest measure of his Creator's kindness. the earth, varying in different lands. Nor let us forget spiritual blessings; the fruitfulness of the church through grace, the bread of everlasting life, the cup of salvation, and the oil of gladness. Does God provide for the inferior…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18The storks migrated from northern Europe and stayed in Palestine during the winter. rock badgers: These animals are about the size of a rabbit and live in rocky areas.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1916-19. God's care of even wild animals and uncultivated parts of the earth.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 104
- 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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