Psalms 87:4

“Among those who are mine I name Rahab and Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, Ethiopia, their people will say I was born in Zion.

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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 he is speaking of you, you city of God. Selah

5As for Zion it will be said each and all were born in her.” The Lord will preserve her.

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Cross References

Psalms 45:12So shall the Tyrians come with gifts, and the richest of people will do you homage.

Psalms 89:10It was you who did pierce and crush Rahab in pieces, and scatter your foes by your mighty arm.

Psalms 137:8Babylon, despoiler, happy are those who pay you back for all you have done to us.

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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