Psalms 87:3
Glorious things are said of thee, O city of God! [[Pause.]]
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
In Context
2Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Cross References
Psalms 46:4A river with its streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling-place of the Most High.
Psalms 48:11Mount Zion rejoiceth, The daughters of Judah exult, On account of thy righteous judgments.
Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud, shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee!”
Isaiah 54:2Enlarge the place of thy tent, And let the canopy of thy habitation be extended! Spare not; lengthen thy cords, And make fast thy stakes!
Isaiah 61:3To give gladness to the mourners in Zion; To give them a beautiful crown instead of ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, So that they shall be called blessed terebinth-trees, The plantation of Jehovah for his glory.
Jeremiah 31:12And they shall come and sing upon the height of Zion; They shall exult in the bounty of Jehovah, The corn, and the new wine, and the oil, And the young of the flock, and of the herd; And they shall be as a well-watered garden, And they shall languish no more.
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 →