Psalms 87:2
The Lord loueth the gates of Zion aboue all the habitations of Iaakob.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
In Context
3Glorious things are spoken of thee, O citie of God. Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5But ye shall seeke the place which the Lord your God shall chose out of all your tribes, to put his Name there, and there to dwell, and thither thou shalt come,
Psalms 78:67Yet he refused the tabernacle of Ioseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
Psalms 132:13For the Lord hath chosen Zion, and loued to dwell in it, saying,
Isaiah 14:32What shall then one answere the messengers of the Gentiles? That the Lord hath stablished Zion, and the poore of his people shall trust in it.
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 →