Psalms 87:4
I will mention Rahab and Babylon, to them who know me—Lo! Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia, This one was born there.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3Glorious things, are to be spoken of thee, O city of God. [Selah.]
Cross References
2 Samuel 21:16So, Ishbi-benob, who was of the descendants of the giant, the weight of whose spear-head, was three hundred shekels of bronze, he also being newly armed, thought to smite David;
2 Kings 20:17Lo! days are coming, when all that is in thine house, and that thy fathers have treasured up, unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon,—nothing shall be left, saith Yahweh;
Psalms 45:12Also, the daughter of Tyre, [cometh in] with a present! Thy face, shall the rich of the people appease.
Psalms 89:10Thou, hast crushed—as one slain—Rahab, With thy strong arm, hast thou scattered thy foes.
Psalms 137:8O ruined daughter of Babylon,—how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us!
Isaiah 14:4that thou shalt take up this taunt over the king of Babylon, and shalt say:—How hath ceased the oppressor! Ceased the exactress!
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 →