Psalms 87:1-6

1 By sons of Korah. -- A Psalm, a song. His foundation [is] in holy mountains.

2 Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

3 Honourable things are spoken in Thee, O city of God. Selah.

4 I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This [one] was born there.

5 And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her.

6 Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, `This [one] was born there.' Selah.

Psalms 87:1-6 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.''