Psalms 87:3
1 He has founded His city on the holy mountains.
2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
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.’”
5 And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
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
- Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah
- KJV
- Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
- WEB
- Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.
- ASV
- Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah
- DARBY
- Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
- BLB
- Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah
- ÅB
- Herlige ting er sagt om deg, du Guds stad. Sela.
- OTB
- Herlige ting er sagt om deg,
Guds by.
Sela - B1930
- Herlige ting er sagt om dig, du Guds stad. Sela.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 37:27–28
My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Read in contextEzekiel 36:11–38
I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Read in contextRevelation 21:10–27
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
Read in contextHebrews 12:22–23
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
Read in contextPsalms 48:2–3
Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
Read in contextRevelation 14:1
Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:12–13
They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD— the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:14–26
But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
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