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诗篇 76:4
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你 从 有 野 食 之 山 而 来 , 有 光 华 和 荣 美 。
Contextual Overview
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.
People in Judah know God; his fame is great in Israel. 2 His Tent is in Jerusalem; his home is on Mount Zion. 3 There God broke the flaming arrows, the shields, the swords, and the weapons of war. Selah 4 God, how wonderful you are! You are more splendid than the hills full of animals. 5 The brave soldiers were stripped as they lay asleep in death. Not one warrior had the strength to stop it. 6 God of Jacob, when you spoke strongly, horses and riders fell dead.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
mountains: Jeremiah 4:7, Ezekiel 19:1-4, Ezekiel 19:6, Ezekiel 38:12, Ezekiel 38:13, Daniel 7:4-8, Daniel 7:17-28
Reciprocal: Psalms 18:3 - who Song of Solomon 4:8 - from the lions' Daniel 7:3 - beasts Revelation 7:9 - a great
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. Which is to be understood not of Zion, as some interpret it; though it is true that the mountain of Zion, or the church of Christ, his kingdom and interest, shall in the latter day be more glorious and excellent than all other mountains, kingdoms, and interests; see Isaiah 2:2, but of God or Christ before spoken of; and so the Targum,
"bright, to be feared, art thou, O God, to be praised from the house of thy sanctuary.''
Christ, who is God over all, is "bright" z, splendid, and glorious, in his divine nature, being the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person: and "excellent" in his office as Mediator, and in all his works as such; and in human nature, at he is exalted at his Father's right hand, far above all principality, power, might, and dominion, signified here by "mountains of prey": the kingdoms of this world, because of their eminence and strength, are compared to mountains: see Isaiah 41:15 and may be called "mountains of prey", in allusion to mountains inhabited by beasts of prey, as lions and leopards; see Song of Solomon 4:8 because obtained and possessed by tyranny and oppression. Christ is more glorious and excellent than the kings of the earth; he is higher than they, and is King of kings; he is richer than they, the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof, the world, and they that dwell therein; he is wiser than they, by him kings reign, and princes decree justice; he is more powerful than they, and all must submit to him, and all will serve him hereafter; and his kingdom will be greater than theirs, more large and more lasting; it will be an everlasting one, and reach from sea to sea, and even to the ends of the earth.
z × ××ר "illustris", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator "illustrior", Tigurine, version; "splendidus", Vatablus, Gejerus, Michaelis; "bright", Ainsworth.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Thou art more glorious and excellent - The word rendered glorious - × ××ר na'oÌr - is from the verb which means âto shine,â to give light, and the word would properly refer to a luminous or âshiningâ object - as the sun, the source of light. Hence, it means âshining,â 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 âexcellent,â means exalted, noble, great. These words are applied here to God from the manifestation of his perfections in the case referred to.
Than the mountains of prey - The word âpreyâ as employed here - ×רף tÌ£ereph - means that which is obtained by hunting; and then, plunder. It is usually applied to the food of wild beasts, beasts of prey. Here it refers to the âmountainsâ considered as the abode or stronghold of robbers and banditti, from where they sally forth in search of plunder. These mountains, in their heights, their rocks, their fastnesses, furnished safe places of retreat for robbers, and hence, they became emblems of power. It is not improbable that the hordes referred to in the psalm had their abodes in such mountains, and hence, the psalmist says that God who made those mountains and hills was superior to them in strength and power.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 76:4. Than 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.