Psalms 87:6
The LORD shall count in the register of the peoples: 'This one was born there.' Selah
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
In Context
7And whether they sing or dance, all my thoughts are in Thee.
Cross References
Psalms 69:28(69-29) Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Jeremiah 3:19But I said: 'How would I put thee among the sons, and give thee a pleasant land, the goodliest heritage of the nations!' And I said: 'Thou shalt call Me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following Me.'
Ezekiel 13:9And My hand shall be against the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies; they shall not be in the council of My people, neither shall they be written in the register of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
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 →