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15 When the Almighty routs the kings there,
    it will be as when snow fell on Zalmon.[a]

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16 You mountain of God, mountain of Bashan,
    you rugged mountain, mountain of Bashan,
17 You rugged mountains, why look with envy
    at the mountain[b] where God has chosen to dwell,
    where the Lord resides forever?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 68:15 Zalmon: generally taken as the name of a mountain where snow is visible in winter, perhaps to be located in the Golan Heights or in the mountains of Bashan or Hauran east of the Sea of Galilee.
  2. 68:17 The mountain: Mount Zion, the site of the Temple.

15 Mount Bashan,(A) majestic mountain,(B)
    Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
16 why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,
    at the mountain where God chooses(C) to reign,
    where the Lord himself will dwell forever?(D)
17 The chariots(E) of God are tens of thousands
    and thousands of thousands;(F)
    the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness