Psalms 87:5

I am considered to be among those who will descend into the pit. I have become like a man without assistance,

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In The King James Version

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

In Context

4For my soul has been filled with evils, and my life has drawn near to Hell.

6idle among the dead. I am like the wounded sleeping in sepulchers, whom you no longer remember, and who have been repelled by your hand.

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Cross References

Psalms 48:8no brother redeems, nor will man buy back. He will not give to God his appeasement,

Isaiah 44:4And they will spring up among the plants, like willows beside running waters.

Ezekiel 48:35Along the circumference, there shall be eighteen thousand. And the name of the city, from that day, shall be: ‘The Lord is in that very place.’”

John 1:12Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.

Romans 8:31So, what should we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

Hebrews 11:32And what should I say next? For time is not sufficient for me to give an account of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the Prophets:

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 →

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