Psalms 87:2
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
In Context
1His foundation is in the holy mountains.
3Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there.
Psalms 78:67Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,
Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
Isaiah 14:32What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
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 →