Psalm 87:2-7

2 (86-2) The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

3 (86-3) Glorious things are said of thee, O city of God.

4 (86-4) I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, these were there.

5 (86-5) Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? and the Highest himself hath founded her.

6 (86-6) The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, of them that have been in her.

7 (86-7) The dwelling in thee is as it were of all rejoicing.

Psalm 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.''