Psalms 87:2
1 He has founded His city on the holy mountains.
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah
4 “I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me— along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- KJV
- The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- WEB
- The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- ASV
- Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- DARBY
- Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob.
- BLB
- YHWH loves the gates of Zion above all the dwellings of Jacob.
- ÅB
- Sions porter elsker Herren fremfor alle Jakobs boliger.
- OTB
- Herren elsker Sions porter
Mer enn alle Jakobs boliger. - B1930
- Sions porter elsker Herren fremfor alle Jakobs boliger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 132:13–14
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:5
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
Read in contextPsalms 78:67–69
He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
Read in contextJoel 2:32
And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:32
What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
Read in context2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
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