Psalms 87:3
Glorious things, are to be spoken of thee, O city of God. [Selah.]
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
In Context
2Yahweh loveth the gates of Zion, More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Cross References
Psalms 46:4A river! whose channels, shall gladden the city of God, The Most High, hath hallowed his habitation.
Psalms 48:11Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah exult, Because of thy judgments.
Isaiah 12:6Make shrill thy voice and sing out thou inhabitress of Zion,—That great in the midst of thee, is the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 54:2Enlarge the space of thy tent And the curtains of thy habitations, let them spread forth do not spare,—Lengthen thy cords, And thy tent-pins, make thou fast;
Isaiah 61:3To appoint unto the mourners of Zion—To give unto them A chaplet instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of the spirit of dejection,—So shall they be called The oaks of righteousness, The plantation of Yahweh: That he may get himself glory
Jeremiah 31:12Then shall they come in and shall shout in triumph on the height of Zion, And shall stream unto the goodness of Yahweh To the wheat, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flocks and of the herds,—So shall their soul become like a garden well watered, And they shall not again languish any more.
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 →