Psalms 87:1
Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song. This house is resting on the holy mountain.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
His foundation is in the holy mountains.
In Context
2The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob.
Cross References
Psalms 42:1To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.
Psalms 68:16\68:15\A hill of God is the hill of Bashan; a hill with high tops is the hill of Bashan.
Psalms 121:1A Song of the going up. My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?
Isaiah 2:2And it will come about in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and all nations will come to it.
Isaiah 28:16For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
Zechariah 8:3This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my living-place in Jerusalem: and Jerusalem will be named The town of good faith; and the mountain of the Lord of armies The holy mountain.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 87:1
The foregoing psalm was very plain and easy, but in this are things dark and hard to be understood. It is an encomium of Zion, as a type and figure of the gospel-church, to which what is here spoken is very applicable. Zion, for the temple's sake, is here preferred, I. Before the rest of the land of Canaan, as being crowned with special tokens of God's favour, ver. 1-3 . II. Before any other place or country whatsoever, as being replenished with more eminent men and with a greater plenty of divine blessings, ver.… Read the whole commentary →