Psalms 87:1-8

1 canticum psalmi filiis Core in finem pro Maeleth ad respondendum intellectus Eman Ezraitae

2 Domine Deus salutis meae die clamavi et nocte coram te

3 intret in conspectu tuo oratio mea inclina aurem tuam ad precem meam

4 quia repleta est malis anima mea et vita mea in inferno adpropinquavit

5 aestimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum factus sum sicut homo sine adiutorio

6 inter mortuos liber sicut vulnerati dormientes in sepulchris quorum non es memor amplius et ipsi de manu tua repulsi sunt

7 posuerunt me in lacu inferiori in tenebrosis et in umbra mortis

8 super me confirmatus est furor tuus et omnes fluctus tuos induxisti super me diapsalma

Psalms 87:1-8 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.''