Psalms 87:3
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O citie of God. Selah.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
In Context
2The Lord loueth the gates of Zion aboue all the habitations of Iaakob.
Cross References
Psalms 46:4Yet there is a Riuer, whose streames shall make glad the citie of God: euen the Sanctuarie of the Tabernacles of the most High.
Psalms 48:11Let mount Zion reioyce, and the daughters of Iudah be glad, because of thy iudgements.
Isaiah 12:6Cry out, and shoute, O inhabitant of Zion: for great is ye holy one of Israel in the middes of thee.
Isaiah 54:2Enlarge the place of thy tents, and let them spread out the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, stretch out thy cords and make fast thy stakes.
Isaiah 61:3To appoint vnto them that mourne in Zion, and to giue vnto them beautie for ashes, the oyle of ioye for mourning, the garment of gladnesse for the spirit of heauinesse, that they might be called trees of righteousnesse, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Jeremiah 31:12Therefore they shall come, and reioyce in the height of Zion, and shall runne to the bountifulnes of the Lord, euen for the wheat and for the wine, and for the oyle, and for the increase of sheepe, and bullocks: and their soule shalbe as a watered garden, and they shall haue no more sorow.
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 →