Like rams the mountains, and like lambs the hills skipp'd to and fro.
Psalm 68:16 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) Why do ye leap, ye mountains high? this is the hill where God Desires to dwell; yea, God in it for aye will make abode. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Why leap ye, ye high hills? This is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; Yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why do you look with grudging and envy, you many-peaked mountains, at the mountain [of the city called Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place? Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever. American Standard Version (1901) Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever. Common English Bible You many-peaked mountain: Why do you look with envy at the mountain God desired for his dwelling, the mountain where the LORD dwells forever? Catholic Public Domain Version Do not allow the tempest of water to submerge me, nor the deep to absorb me. And do not allow the well to close in on me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. |
Like rams the mountains, and like lambs the hills skipp'd to and fro.
Ye mountains great, wherefore was it that ye did skip like rams? And wherefore was it, little hills, that ye did leap like lambs?