New King James Version
Psalms 76:4
4You are more glorious and excellent Than the mountains of prey.
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 Living Translation (NLT)You are glorious and more majestic than the everlasting mountains.
Context of Psalms 76:4
2In Salem also is His tabernacle, And His dwelling place in Zion. 3There He broke the arrows of the bow, The shield and sword of battle. Selah You are more glorious and excellent Than the mountains of prey. 5The stouthearted were plundered; They have sunk into their sleep; And none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands. 6At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both the chariot and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
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נָ֭אוֹר אַתָּ֥ה אַדִּ֗יר מֵֽהַרְרֵי־טָֽרֶף׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 76:4
- Jeremiah 4:7The lion has come up from his thicket, And the destroyer of nations is on his way. He has gone forth from his place To make your land desolate. Your cities will be laid waste, Without inhabitant.
- Ezekiel 19:1“Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
- Ezekiel 38:12to take plunder and to take booty, to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited, and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land.
- Daniel 7:4The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched till its wings were plucked off; and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like 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
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