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Psalms 104:18
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The high mountains are for the wild goats;The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim.
The high hilles are a refuge for goates: and so are the stonie rockes for conies.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs, a refuge for the rock-badgers.
The high hills are for the wild goats;The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers. Leviticus 11:5) ">[fn]
high hills are for the wild goats; rocks are a refuge for the badgers.
The high mountains are a home for wild goats. The large rocks are hiding places for rock badgers.
The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
The hie hilles are a refuge for the wilde goates: and the rockes for the conies.
The hilles are a refuge for the wylde goates, and so are the stony rockes for ye conyes.
class="poetry"> O my soul, bless God ! God , my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed, Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent. You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings. You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors. You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever. You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters; Then you roared and the water ran away— your thunder crash put it to flight. Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them. You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded. You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills. All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst. Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard. You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water. You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground. Oh yes, God brings grain from the land, wine to make people happy, Their faces glowing with health, a people well-fed and hearty. God 's trees are well-watered— the Lebanon cedars he planted. Birds build their nests in those trees; look—the stork at home in the treetop. Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; badgers burrow among the rocks. The moon keeps track of the seasons, the sun is in charge of each day. When it's dark and night takes over, all the forest creatures come out. The young lions roar for their prey, clamoring to God for their supper. When the sun comes up, they vanish, lazily stretched out in their dens. Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, busy at their jobs until evening. What a wildly wonderful world, God ! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. Oh, look—the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon. Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them. All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time. You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it. If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute— Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud; Send out your Spirit and they spring to life— the whole countryside in bloom and blossom. The glory of God —let it last forever! Let God enjoy his creation! He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt. Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, sing hymns to my God as long as I live! Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be singing to God . But clear the ground of sinners— no more godless men and women! O my soul, bless God !
The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the shephanim.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.
The high hills are a safe place for the mountain goats, and the rocks for the small beasts.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.
The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies.
The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.
Wild goats find a home in the tall mountains, and small animals can hide between the rocks.
For the wild goats there are the high mountains, while the coneys find refuge in the rocks.
The high mountaines are for the goates: the rockes are a refuge for the conies.
The high mountains are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks a refuge for the conies.
The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies.
High in the mountains live the wild goats, and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.
The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a safe place for the badgers.
The high mountains are a refuge for the stags, and the rock for the rabbits.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies.
The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the coneys.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.
The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies.
(103-18) The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock hyrax.
The high mountains belong to the wild goats. The rocks are hiding places for the badgers.
The wild goats live in the high mountains, and the rock badgers hide in the cliffs.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.
hiye hillis ben refute to hertis; a stoon is refutt to irchouns.
The high hills [are] for wild goats, Rocks [are] a refuge for conies,
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the badgers.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the wild goats: The yaal, is the ibex, or rock goat, so called from alah, to ascend, because it is famous for mounting to the tops of the highest rocks. Its general appearance is that of the tame goat, of a dusky brown colour; but the male is larger, with long horns, bending backwards. 1 Samuel 24:2, Job 39:1
the conies: Deuteronomy 14:7, Proverbs 30:26
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:24 - Let Leviticus 11:5 - the coney
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats,.... Who have their name in Hebrew d from their climbing and ascending them. What we commonly call "a wild goose chase" should be expressed "a wild goat's chase"; for not geese, but goats, are chased; and when they are, they flee to the hills for refuge. Hence they are sometimes called the wild goats of the rocks, Job 39:1, and sometimes the rocks are called from them the rocks of wild goats, 1 Samuel 24:2. The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, render it "for the harts", or deer; and so Apollinarius: but the word is not used of them.
And the rocks for the conies; who being a feeble folk, make their houses in them, to protect them from creatures of superior power and strength, Proverbs 30:26. Some interpret it of the "hedgehog", as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions: others of "hares", as the Syriac and Arabic, and so Apollinarius; and others of "mountain mice". Now what the hills and rocks are to the above creatures, a refuge and a habitation for them, that Christ is to those that fly to him for refuge; though weak and feeble, sinful and unworthy, he is their rock, the rock of their refuge, their strong tower, and place of defence.
d יעלים ab עלה Buxtorf. Lexic. fol. 322.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The 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 “wild goats,” see the notes at Job 39:1. The word occurs elsewhere only in 1 Samuel 24:2.
And the rocks for the conies - The word here “employed” - שׁפן shâphân - denotes a quadruped that chews the cud, in the manner of a hare Leviticus 11:5; Deuteronomy 14:7, and living in flocks. The rabbis render it the “coney,” or rabbit, as our translators have done. The habits of the rabbit accord with this description. The word occurs nowhere else, except in Proverbs 30:26, where it is rendered, as here, “conies.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 104:18. The 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.
For a description of the coney, see Leviticus 11:5. The יעל yael, translated here the wild goat, is no doubt a creature of the stag or deer kind; the ibex, chamois, antelope, &c.
