God’s Word Translation
Psalms 104:18
18The high mountains are for wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The high hills are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.
Context of Psalms 104:18
16The Lord’s trees, the cedars in Lebanon which he planted, drink their fill. 17Birds build their nests in them. Storks make their homes in fir trees. The high mountains are for wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for badgers. 19He created the moon, which marks the seasons, and the sun, which knows when to set. 20He brings darkness, and it is nighttime, when all the wild animals in the forest come out.
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 3,000 of the best-trained men from all Israel and went to search for David and his men on the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
- Job 39:1“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch the does when they are in labor?
- Deuteronomy 14:7But some animals chew their cud, while others have completely divided hoofs. You may not eat these ⌞kinds of⌟ animals. They include camels, rabbits, and rock badgers. (Although they chew their cud, they don’t have divided hoofs. They are unclean for you.)
- Proverbs 30:26Rock badgers are not a mighty species, yet they make their home in the rocks.
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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