Psalm 68:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.

Young's Literal Translation
Why do ye envy, O high hills, The hill God hath desired for His seat? Jehovah also doth tabernacle for ever.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
Why
לָ֤מָּה ׀ (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

do you gaze in envy,
תְּֽרַצְּדוּן֮ (tə·raṣ·ṣə·ḏūn)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 7520: To look askant, be jealous

O mountains
הָרִ֪ים (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

of many peaks?
גַּבְנֻ֫נִּ֥ים (gaḇ·nun·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1386: A peak, rounded summit

[This is] the mountain
הָהָ֗ר (hā·hār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

God
אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

chose
חָמַ֣ד (ḥā·maḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2530: To desire, take pleasure in

for [His] dwelling,
לְשִׁבְתּ֑וֹ (lə·šiḇ·tōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

where the LORD
יְ֝הוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

will surely
אַף־ (’ap̄-)
Conjunction
Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

dwell
יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן (yiš·kōn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

forever.
לָנֶֽצַח׃ (lā·ne·ṣaḥ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5331: Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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