Psalms 87:2
Yahweh loveth the gates of Zion, More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
In Context
1His foundation, is in the holy mountains:
3Glorious things, are to be spoken of thee, O city of God. [Selah.]
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5but, unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there,—as his habitation, shall ye ask your way, and come in thither;
Psalms 78:67Howbeit he rejected the tent of Joseph, And, the tribe of Ephraim, did not choose:
Psalms 132:13For Yahweh hath chosen Zion,—He hath desired it as a dwelling for himself:
Isaiah 14:32What, then, shall one answer the messengers of a nation? That Yahweh, hath founded Zion, And in her, shall seek refuge the oppressed of his people.
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 →