It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and a fortress.

The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent to Sela and on up.

He said: “The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers.

The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.

Six hundred survivors turned and ran away to the wilderness, to the cliff of Rimmon. They stayed there four months.

The men of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. All the captives fell to their death.

“Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!

They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

rock badgers are creatures with little power, but they make their homes in the crags;

Then he looked on the Kenites and uttered this oracle: “Your dwelling place seems strong, and your nest is set on a rocky cliff.

He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.

For you are my high ridge and my stronghold; for the sake of your own reputation you lead me and guide me.

He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.

I will pray to God, my high ridge: “Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe! For you are my high ridge and my stronghold.

All of them will come and make their home in the ravines between the cliffs, and in the crevices of the cliffs, in all the thorn bushes, and in all the watering holes.

This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

you who practice ritual sex under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.