Psalms 87:1
A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
His foundation is in the holy mountains.
In Context
2The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Cross References
Psalms 42:1BOOK II (42-1) For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah. (42-2) As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.
Psalms 68:16(68-17) Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks, at the mountain which God hath desired for His abode? Yea, the LORD will dwell therein for ever.
Psalms 121:1A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?
Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the end of days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Isaiah 28:16Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a costly corner-stone of sure foundation; he that believeth shall not make haste.
Zechariah 8:3Thus saith the LORD: I return unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts The holy mountain.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 87:1
The foregoing psalm was very plain and easy, but in this are things dark and hard to be understood. It is an encomium of Zion, as a type and figure of the gospel-church, to which what is here spoken is very applicable. Zion, for the temple's sake, is here preferred, I. Before the rest of the land of Canaan, as being crowned with special tokens of God's favour, ver. 1-3 . II. Before any other place or country whatsoever, as being replenished with more eminent men and with a greater plenty of divine blessings, ver.… Read the whole commentary →