Psalms 87:5

And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

In Context

4I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This [one] was born there.

6Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, 'This [one] was born there.' Selah.

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Cross References

Psalms 48:8As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her — to the age. Selah.

Isaiah 44:4And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by streams of water.

Ezekiel 48:35Round about [is] eighteen thousand, and the renown of the city [is] from the day Jehovah [is] there.'

John 1:12but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God — to those believing in his name,

Romans 8:31What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God [is] for us, who [is] against us?

Hebrews 11:32And what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson, and 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 →

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