Psalms 87:6
The Lord shall count, when hee writeth the people, He was borne there. Selah.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
In Context
5And of Zion it shall be sayde, Many are borne in her: and he, euen the most High shall stablish her.
7Aswell the singers as the players on instruments shall prayse thee: all my springs are in thee.
Cross References
Psalms 69:28Let them be put out of the booke of life, neither let them be written with the righteous.
Jeremiah 3:19But I sayde, Howe did I take thee for children and giue thee a pleasant lande, euen the glorious heritage of the armies of the heathen, and saide, Thou shalt call mee, saying, My father, and shalt not turne from me?
Ezekiel 13:9And mine hande shalbe vpon the Prophets that see vanity, and diuine lies: they shall not be in the assemblie of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel: and yee shall know that I am the Lord God.
Galatians 4:26But Hierusalem, which is aboue, is free: which is the mother of vs all.
Revelation 13:8Therefore all that dwell vpon the earth, shall worship him, whose names are not written in the booke of life of that Lambe, which was slaine from the beginning of the world.
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 →