Psalms 87:3
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Leeser Tanakh
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, its rivulets cause to rejoice the city of God, the sanctuary of the dwellings of the Most High.
Psalms 48:11(48:12) Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Isaiah 12:6Call aloud and shout, inhabitress of Zion; for great is in the midst of thee the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 54:2Enlarge the space 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 grant unto the mourners of Zion,—to give unto them ornament in the place of ashes, oil of gladness in the place of mourning, garments of praise in the place of a grieved spirit; that they may be called, Oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.
Jeremiah 31:12(31:11) And they shall come and sing on the height of Zion, and shall come together as a stream to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flocks and of the herds, and their soul shall be as a well-watered garden; and they shall not farther experience grief any more.
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 →