Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
The verse belongs to the solemn praise sung in the temple courts at Jerusalem after God saved the city from Assyria. The deliverance it celebrates came when the angel slew a hundred fourscore and five thousand, and Sennacherib returned with shame of face to his own land to be assassinated. It was sung by a people filled with holy joy, in answer to earnest entreaties mingled with confession of sin and tears and whole trust in God's power to save.
It celebrates that the God of the Hebrews had prevailed over proud Assyria and that His honor was vindicated before the surrounding nations. It declares His superior glory and excellence over violent, plundering, predatory might. It declares His power to spoil the stout-hearted men of might, leaving them powerless by His rebuke.
The verse belongs to the solemn praise sung in the temple courts at Jerusalem after God saved the city from Assyria. The deliverance it celebrates came when the angel slew a hundred fourscore and five thousand, and Sennacherib returned with shame of face to his own land to be assassinated. It was sung by a people filled with holy joy, in answer to earnest entreaties mingled with confession of sin and tears and whole trust in God's power to save.
It celebrates that the God of the Hebrews had prevailed over proud Assyria and that His honor was vindicated before the surrounding nations. It declares His superior glory and excellence over violent, plundering, predatory might. It declares His power to spoil the stout-hearted men of might, leaving them powerless by His rebuke.