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16Why leap{H8762)} ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth{H8804)} to dwell in{H8800)}; yea, the LORD will dwell{H8799)} in it for ever.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. …
Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, …
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-21)David, having given God praise for what he had done for Israel in general, as the God of Israel (Ps. 68:8), here comes to give him praise as Zion’s God in a special manner; compare Ps. 9:11. Sing praises to the Lord who dwelleth in Zion , for which reason Zion is called the hill of God . I. He compares it with the hill of Bashan and other high and fruitful hills, and prefers it before them, Ps. 68…
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