Psalms 87:6
The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
In Context
7The players on instruments will be there, and the dancers will say, All my springs are in you.
Cross References
Psalms 69:28\69:27\Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.
Jeremiah 3:19But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.
Ezekiel 13:9And my hand will be against the prophets who see visions without substance and who make false use of secret arts: they will not be in the secret of my people, and they will not be recorded in the list of the children of Israel, and they will not come into the land of Israel; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.
Galatians 4:26But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.
Revelation 13:8And all who are on the earth will give him worship, everyone whose name has not been from the first in the book of life of the Lamb who was put to death.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 87:5-7
The Glory of Zion. 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. 6 The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. Zion is here compared with other places, and preferred before them;… Read the whole commentary →