Psalms 87:3
Glorious things are spoken of Thee, O city of God. Selah
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
In Context
2The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Cross References
Psalms 46:4(46-5) There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the holiest dwelling-place of the Most High.
Psalms 48:11(48-12) Let mount Zion be glad, let the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of Thy judgments.
Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.'
Isaiah 54:2Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations, spare not; lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.
Isaiah 61:3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the mantle of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, wherein He might glory.
Jeremiah 31:12And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of the LORD, to the corn, and to the wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd; and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not pine any more at all.
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 →