Psalms 87:2-7

2 Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3 Glorious things [are] spoken about you, O city of God. Selah
4 I will record those who know me [in] Rahab and Babylon, behold [in] Philistia and Tyre with Cush, "This one was born there."
5 But with respect to Zion it shall be said, "{Each one} was born in her," for the Most High himself will establish her.
6 Yahweh will record in writing [the] peoples, "This [one] was born there." Selah
7 And while dancing, singers [will sing], "All my springs [are] in you."

Psalms 87:2-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 87

\\<>\\. Whether this psalm was composed by David, in a view of the temple to be built by his son Solomon; or whether by one that returned from the Babylonish captivity, who wrote it for the comfort of those that wept at the laying of the foundation of the second temple; it seems evident that the subject matter of it is the church of God in Gospel times, and especially in the latter day glory: the title in the Syriac version is, ``concerning the redemption of Jerusalem.''

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