Psalms 87:6
The Lord will count, when enrolling the peoples, “This one was born there, and that one was born there.” Selah
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
In Context
5As for Zion it will be said each and all were born in her.” The Lord will preserve her.
7Singers and dancers alike will say “All my springs are in you.”
Cross References
Psalms 69:28From the book of life be they blotted, may their names not be written with the righteous.
Galatians 4:26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she it is who is our mother.
Revelation 13:8All who are living on earth will worship it – all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb that has been sacrificed from the foundation of the world.
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 →