Psalms 87:2
Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
In Context
1{Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song.} His foundation is in the mountains of holiness.
3Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5but unto the place which Jehovah your God will choose out of all your tribes to set his name there, his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;
Psalms 78:67And he rejected the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
Psalms 132:13For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling:
Isaiah 14:32And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and the afflicted of his people find refuge in it.
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 →