Psalms 87:6
The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
In Context
7Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”
Cross References
Psalms 69:28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
Jeremiah 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
Ezekiel 13:9My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
Galatians 4:26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is the mother of us all.
Revelation 13:8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 87:5-7
The Glory of Zion. 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. 6 The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. Zion is here compared with other places, and preferred before them;… Read the whole commentary →