Psalms 87:5

Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? and the Highest himself hath founded her.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

4I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, these were there.

6The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, of them that have been in her.

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Cross References

Psalms 48:8With a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis.

Isaiah 44:4And they shall spring up among the herbs, as willows beside the running waters.

Ezekiel 48:35Its circumference was eighteen thousand: and the name of the city from that day, The Lord is there.

John 1:12But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.

Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who is against us?

Hebrews 11:32And what shall I yet say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, Barac, Samson, Jephthe, 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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