Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 68:16

16 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 .

Why do you Triumph and bo[illegible: 1+ letters]st of your height, and look upon poor Zion with Storn and Contempt, as un obscure and inconsiderable Hill, if Compared with you? He speaks to the Hills by an usual Figure called [illegible: 1 word].

This Hi[illegible: 1+ letters]l, though despicable in your Eyes, is precious and Honourable in God's Eyes, and chosen by him for his settled and perpetual Residence. For though the Ark was removed from this particular place, in which it was now to be placed, to the Hill of Moriah, upon which the Temple was built, yet it must be remembred, that Zion and Moriah stood one near to the other, being both in Ierusalem, and are by some said to have been but two Tops of one and the same Hill.

Marginal references: Psal. 87. 1. [illegible: 1 word] 132. 1[illegible: 1+ letters].