Psalms 87:3
Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
In Context
2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Cross References
Psalms 46:4There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
Psalms 48:11Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.
Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”
Isaiah 54:2“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your habitations; don’t spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.
Isaiah 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Jeremiah 31:12They will come and sing in the height of Zion, and will flow to the goodness of the LORD, to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd. Their soul will be as a watered garden. They will not sorrow any more at all.
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 →