Psalms 87:4
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among those who know me. Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This [man] was born there.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Cross References
2 Samuel 21:16and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred [shekels] of brass in weight, he being girded with a new [sword], thought to have slain David.
2 Kings 20:17Behold, the days come that all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store to this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says LORD.
Psalms 45:12And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with a gift. The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.
Psalms 89:10Thou have broken Rahab in pieces, as a wounded man. Thou have scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed, happy shall he be who rewards thee as thou have served us.
Isaiah 14:4that thou shall take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!
Matthew Henry on Psalms 87:2-4
The Glory of Zion. 1 His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. Some make the first words of the psalm to be part of the title; it is a psalm or song whose subject is the holy mountains—the temple built in Zion upon Mount Moriah. This is the foundation of the argument, or beginning of the psalm. Or we may suppose the psalmist had now the tabernacle or temple in view and was… Read the whole commentary →