Psalms 87:5
And of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; and the Most High himself shall establish her.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6Jehovah will count, when he inscribeth the peoples, This [man] was born there. Selah.
Cross References
Psalms 48:8As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God doth establish it for ever. Selah.
Isaiah 44:4And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the water-courses.
Ezekiel 48:35Round about it was eighteen thousand [cubits]; and the name of the city from that day, Jehovah is there.
John 1:12but as many as received him, to them gave he [the] right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who against us?
Hebrews 11:32And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of 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 →