Psalms 87:3
Honourable things are spoken in Thee, O city of God. Selah.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
In Context
2Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.
Cross References
Psalms 46:4A river — its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
Psalms 48:11Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.
Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud, and sing, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in thy midst [is] the Holy One of Israel!'
Isaiah 54:2Enlarge the place of thy tent, And the curtains of thy tabernacles they stretch out, Restrain not — lengthen thy cords, And thy pins make strong.
Isaiah 61:3To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, 'Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah — to be beautified.'
Jeremiah 31:12And they have come in, And have sung in the high place of Zion, And flowed unto the goodness of Jehovah, For wheat, and for new wine, and for oil, And for the young of the flock and herd, And their soul hath been as a watered garden, And they add not to grieve 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 →