Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 76:4

"Glorious art thou [and] excellent, From the mountains of prey." — Psalms 76:4 (ASV)

You are ... —Better, Splendid are you, glorious one, from the mountains of prey. The construction is somewhat doubtful and favours Hupfeld’s emendation (nora, i.e., to be feared, as in verses 8 and 13, instead of noar, i.e., glorious). Certainly, the comparative of the Authorised Version is to be abandoned.

The poet’s thought plainly proceeds from the figure of Psalm 76:2. The mountains are the mountains of prey of the Lion of Judah. True, a different image, as so frequently in Hebrew poetry, suddenly interrupts and changes the picture. The hero appears from the battle shining in the spoils taken from the foe.