Psalms 87:1
On the holy mountain stands the city he founded.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
His foundation is in the holy mountains.
In Context
2The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Cross References
Psalms 42:1Like the hart which longs for brooks of water, I long for you, God.
Psalms 68:16You high-peaked mountains, why look you askance at the mountain which God has desired for his home whereon the Lord will live forever?
Psalms 121:1I lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where will help for me come?
Zechariah 8:3The Lord says, I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem and Jerusalem will be called, ‘The City of Truth’ and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, ‘The 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 →