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Psalms 87:2

אֹהֵב יְהוָה שַׁעֲרֵי צִיּוֹן מִכֹּל מִשְׁכְּנוֹת יַעֲקֹֽב ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

In Context

1לִבְנֵי ־ קֹרַח מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר יְסוּדָתוֹ בְּהַרְרֵי ־ קֹֽדֶשׁ ׃

3נִכְבָּדוֹת מְדֻבָּר בָּךְ עִיר הָאֱלֹהִים סֶֽלָה ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:5כִּי אִֽם ־ אֶל ־ הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר ־ יִבְחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם מִכָּל ־ שִׁבְטֵיכֶם לָשׂוּם אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ שָׁם לְשִׁכְנוֹ תִדְרְשׁוּ וּבָאתָ שָֽׁמָּה ׃

Psalms 78:67וַיִּמְאַס בְּאֹהֶל יוֹסֵף וּֽבְשֵׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם לֹא בָחָֽר ׃

Psalms 132:13כִּֽי ־ בָחַר יְהוָה בְּצִיּוֹן אִוָּהּ לְמוֹשָׁב לֽוֹ ׃

Isaiah 14:32וּמַֽה ־ יַּעֲנֶה מַלְאֲכֵי ־ גוֹי כִּי יְהוָה יִסַּד צִיּוֹן וּבָ/הּ יֶחֱסוּ עֲנִיֵּי עַמּֽוֹ ׃ ס

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

Study Psalms 87:2

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