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16 You mountains of many peaks, why do you watch with envy
    the mountain in which God has chosen to dwell?
        Indeed, the Lord will live there forever.
17 God’s chariots were many thousands.
    The Lord was there with them at Sinai in holiness.
18 You ascended to the heights,
    you took captives.
You received gifts among mankind,
    even the rebellious,
        so the Lord God may live there.[a]

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  1. Psalm 68:18 The Heb. lacks there

16 why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,
    at the mountain where God chooses(A) to reign,
    where the Lord himself will dwell forever?(B)
17 The chariots(C) of God are tens of thousands
    and thousands of thousands;(D)
    the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.[a]
18 When you ascended(E) on high,(F)
    you took many captives;(G)
    you received gifts from people,(H)
even from[b] the rebellious(I)
    that you,[c] Lord God, might dwell there.

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  1. Psalm 68:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness
  2. Psalm 68:18 Or gifts for people, / even
  3. Psalm 68:18 Or they