| Geneva Study Bible Thou art more glorious and excellent than {c} the mountains of prey. (c) He compares the kingdom full of extortion and rapine to the mountains that are full of ravening beasts. Wesley's Notes 76:4 Thou - O God. Than - The greatest kings and empires of the earth, which in prophetic writings are often compared to mountains. And they are called mountains of prey, because they generally were established by tyranny, and maintained by preying upon their own subjects, or other kingdoms. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 4. Thou-God. mountains of prey-great victorious nations, as Assyria (Isa 41:15; Eze 38:11, 12; Zec 4:7). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 76:1-6 Happy people are those who have their land filled with the knowledge of God! happy persons that have their hearts filled with that knowledge! It is the glory and happiness of a people to have God among them by his ordinances. Wherein the enemies of the church deal proudly, it will appear that God is above them. See the power of God's rebukes. With pleasure may Christians apply this to the advantages bestowed by the Redeemer. | 
