Psalms 87:2
The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
In Context
1“By the sons of Korach; a psalm or song.” It is founded by him on holy mountains.
3Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5But unto the place which the Lord your God may choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye repair, and thither shalt thou come;
Psalms 78:67Yet was he disgusted with the tent of Joseph, and of the tribe of Ephraim he made not choice;
Psalms 132:13For the Lord hath made choice of Zion: he hath desired it as a habitation for himself.
Isaiah 14:32And what will each one of the messengers of the nation answer? That the Lord hath founded Zion; and that therein shall find protection the poor of his people.
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 →