Psalms 87:2
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Majority Standard Bible
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. He has founded His city on the holy mountains.
3Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
Psalms 78:67He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
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 →