Psalms 87:4
I will make mention of Rahab and Babel among them that knowe me: beholde Palestina and Tyrus with Ethiopia, There is he borne.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
3Glorious things are spoken of thee, O citie of God. Selah.
5And of Zion it shall be sayde, Many are borne in her: and he, euen the most High shall stablish her.
Cross References
2 Samuel 21:16Then Ishi-benob which was of the sonnes of Haraphah (the head of whose speare wayed three hundreth shekels of brasse) euen he being girded with a newe sword, thought to haue slaine Dauid.
2 Kings 20:17Beholde, the dayes come, that all that is in thine house, and what so euer thy fathers haue layed vp in store vnto this day, shall be caryed into Babel: Nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
Psalms 45:12And the daughter of Tyrus with the rich of the people shall doe homage before thy face with presents.
Psalms 89:10Thou hast beaten downe Rahab as a man slaine: thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy mightie arme.
Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babel, worthy to be destroyed, blessed shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs.
Isaiah 14:4Then shalt thou take vp this prouerbe against the King of Babel, and say, Howe hath the oppressor ceased? and the gold thirsty Babel rested?
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 →