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Psalms 87:3

1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.

2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

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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.

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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 tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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  • Ezekiel 36:11–38

    And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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  • Revelation 21:10–27

    And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

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  • Hebrews 12:22–23

    But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

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  • Psalms 48:2–3

    Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

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  • Revelation 14:1

    And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.

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  • Jeremiah 31:12–13

    Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

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  • Isaiah 49:14–26

    But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

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