Psalms 87:5
Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
6The LORD will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.
Cross References
Psalms 48:8As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the LORD of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
Isaiah 44:4and they will spring up amongst the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
Ezekiel 48:35“It shall be eighteen thousand reeds in circumference; and the name of the city from that day shall be, ‘The LORD is there.’
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
Romans 8:31What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Hebrews 11:32What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets—
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 →