Common misinterpretations treat the verse literally as God disfavoring tall mountains geographically, overlooking its poetic celebration of Zion's spiritual preeminence; others detach it from the psalm's context of God's processional kingship to promote individualist applications like personal humility guaranteeing divine favor, or twist it into prosperity motifs claiming God always elevates the lowly in worldly status.
Psalms 68:16
King James Version (1769)
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.
Psalms 68:16 uses vivid imagery of leaping high hills to contrast their grandeur with Mount Zion, emphasizing God's sovereign choice to dwell there despite its lesser height, highlighting divine election over natural majesty and affirming Zion as the joyful seat of God's presence among His people in the context of triumphant praise for His victories.