Psalms 87:3
For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn near to Hades. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
In Context
2Let my prayer come in before you; incline your ear to my supplication, O Lord. 1
4I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help; 1
Cross References
Psalms 46:4He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he loved. Pause. 1
Psalms 48:11And their sepulchres are their houses for ever, even their tabernacles to all generations: they have called their lands after their own names. 1
Isaiah 12:6Exalt and rejoice, you⌃ that dwell in Sion: for the Holy One of Israel is exalted in the midst + 12:6 Heb. and Alex. ‘of you’ of her.
Isaiah 54:2Enlarge the place of your tent, and of your curtains: fix the pins, spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your pins;
Isaiah 61:3that there should be given to them that mourn in Sion glory instead of ashes, the + 61:3 Alex. reads καταστολὴν as one word. oil of joy to the mourners, + 61:3 Or, anointing. the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness: and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.
Jeremiah 31:12Therefore, behold, his days come, says the Lord, when I shall send upon him bad leaders, and they shall lead him astray, and they shall utterly break in pieces his possessions, and shall cut his horns asunder.
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 →