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Psalms 76:4
You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God immediately after describing the shattering of enemy arrows and weapons, and immediately before noting that the valiant lie plundered and unable to move. The speaker positions Yahweh’s glory between the destruction of human arms and the collapse of human strength.
The words — אַתָּ֥ה ('a.Tah) translates as "you" and אַדִּ֗יר ('a.Dir) as "majestic" or "mighty." נָ֭אוֹר (Na.'or) means "lighted up" and טָֽרֶף (Ta.ref) means "prey," framing the comparison to mountains of game.
The thread — The verse is cross-referenced with Ezekiel 19:1, which commands a lament for the princes of Israel, Daniel 7:17, which identifies four great beasts as kings arising from the earth, and Jeremiah 4:7, which describes a lion and destroyer leaving his lair to lay waste the land.
Why it lands — The text states God stands more majestic than mountains of prey, contrasting divine radiance with the defeated warriors who cannot lift a hand. It asks the reader to recognize that human martial power is rendered inert by God’s manifested presence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 19:1 “As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
- Daniel 7:17 ‘These four great beasts are four kings who will arise from the earth.
- Jeremiah 4:7 A 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 19:6 He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
- Ezekiel 38:12 in 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 7:4 The 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.