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Psalms 104:18
18The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.
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.
- 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.
- 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 well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. 17There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the junipers. The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyrax. 19He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down. 20You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.
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 24:2So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats.
- Job 39:1“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
- Deuteronomy 14:7However, of those that chew the cud or that have a divided hoof you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the hyrax. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof; they are ceremonially unclean for you.
- Proverbs 30:26hyraxes are creatures of little power, yet they make their home in the crags;
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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