Psalms 87:4

“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

In Context

3Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah

5And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”

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Cross References

2 Samuel 21:16Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.

2 Kings 20:17The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

Psalms 45:12The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.

Psalms 89:10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

Psalms 137:8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

Isaiah 14:4you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

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 →

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