Psalms 87:5
But, of Zion, it shall be said—This man and that were born in her, And the Highest himself shall establish her.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
6Yahweh, will record, when he enrolleth the peoples, This one was born there. [Selah.]
Cross References
Psalms 48:8Just as we have heard, So, have we seen, In the city of Yahweh of hosts, In the city of our God, God himself, will establish her, unto times age-abiding. [Selah.]
Isaiah 44:4So will they spring up among the grass, As willows by the water-courses:
Ezekiel 48:35Round about, eighteen thousand. And the name of the city, from the day of Yahweh shall [continue to] be the name thereof.
John 1:12But, as many as did receive him, he gave, unto them, authority, children of God, to become,—unto them who were believing on his name:
Romans 8:31What, then, shall we say to a these things? If God [is] for us, who [shall be] against us?
Hebrews 11:32And what more can I say? For, time, will fail me while I go on telling—concerning Gideon, Barak, Sampson, Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,—
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 →