Psalms 87:2
YHWH is loving the gates of Zion || Above all the dwelling places of Jacob.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
In Context
1A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. A SONG. His foundation [is] in holy mountains.
3Honorable things are spoken in You, || O city of God. Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5rather—that you seek after the place which your God YHWH chooses out of all your tribes to put His Name there, for His Dwelling Place, and you have entered there,
Psalms 78:67And He kicks against the tent of Joseph, || And has not fixed on the tribe of Ephraim.
Psalms 132:13For YHWH has fixed on Zion, || He has desired [it] for a seat to Himself,
Isaiah 14:32And what does one answer the messengers of a nation? That YHWH has founded Zion, || And the poor of His people take refuge in it!
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 →