Psalms 87:3
Let my prayer come in before thee; incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
In Context
2O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee.
4For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to Hades.
Cross References
Psalms 46:4He has subdued the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.
Psalms 48:11When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers.
Isaiah 12:6Exalt and rejoice, ye that dwell in Sion: for the Holy One of Israel is exalted in the midst + 12:6 Heb. and Alex. ‘of thee’.of her.
Isaiah 54:2Enlarge the place of thy tent, and of thy curtains: fix the pins, spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy pins;
Isaiah 61:3that there should be given to them that mourn in Sion glory instead of ashes, the + 61:3 Alex. reads καταστολὴν as one word.oil of joy to the mourners, + 61:3 Or, anointing.the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness: and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.
Jeremiah 31:12Therefore, behold, his days come, saith the Lord, when I shall send upon him bad leaders, and they shall lead him astray, and they shall utterly break in pieces his possessions, and shall cut his horns asunder.
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 →