Psalms 87:1
A song of a Psalm for the sons of Korah for the end, upon Mahalath for responsive strains, of instruction for Heman the Israelite. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
His foundation is in the holy mountains.
In Context
2O Lord God of my salvation, 1 I have cried by day and in the night before thee. 1
Cross References
Psalms 42:1A Psalm of David. 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: 1 Deliver me from the unjust and crafty man. 1
Psalms 68:16Let not the waterflood drown me, 1 Nor let the deep swallow me up; 1 Neither let the well shut its mouth upon me. 1
Psalms 121:1A Song of Degrees. 1 I was glad when they said to me, 1 Let us go into the house of the Lord. 1
Isaiah 2:2For in the last days the mountain of the Lord shall be glorious, and the house of God shall be on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall come to it.
Isaiah 28:16therefore thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lay for the foundations of Zion a costly stone, a choice, a cornerstone, a precious stone, for its foundations; and he that believes on him shall by no means be ashamed.
Zechariah 8:3Thus saith the Lord; I will return to Zion, and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a true city, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty a holy mountain.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 87:1
The foregoing psalm was very plain and easy, but in this are things dark and hard to be understood. It is an encomium of Zion, as a type and figure of the gospel-church, to which what is here spoken is very applicable. Zion, for the temple's sake, is here preferred, I. Before the rest of the land of Canaan, as being crowned with special tokens of God's favour, ver. 1-3 . II. Before any other place or country whatsoever, as being replenished with more eminent men and with a greater plenty of divine blessings, ver.… Read the whole commentary →