Psalms 87:2
Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
In Context
1By sons of Korah. — A Psalm, a song. His foundation [is] in holy mountains.
3Honourable things are spoken in Thee, O city of God. Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5but unto the place which Jehovah your God doth choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His tabernacle ye seek, and thou hast entered thither,
Psalms 78:67And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.
Psalms 132:13For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired [it] for a seat to Himself,
Isaiah 14:32And what doth one answer the messengers of a nation? 'That Jehovah hath founded Zion, And in it do the poor of His people trust!'
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 →