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Psalms 87:3
3Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God [Jerusalem]. Selah.
Psalms 87:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)Glorious things are said of you, city of God:
- English Standard Version (ESV)Glorious things of you are spoken, O city of God. Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God! Selah
Context of Psalms 87:3
1His foundation is on the holy mountain. 2The Lord loves the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel). Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God [Jerusalem]. Selah. 4“I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me— Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)— ‘This one was born there.’ ” 5But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her,” And the Most High Himself will establish her.
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נִ֭כְבָּדוֹת מְדֻבָּ֣ר בָּ֑ךְ עִ֖יר הָאֱלֹהִ֣ים סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 87:3
- Psalms 48:2Fair and beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth, Is Mount Zion [the City of David] in the far north, The city of the great King.
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.
- Isaiah 12:6Rejoice and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 49:14But Zion (Jerusalem in captivity) said, “The Lord has abandoned me, And my Lord has forgotten me.”
- Isaiah 54:2“Enlarge the site of your tent [to make room for more children]; Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not spare them; Lengthen your tent ropes And make your pegs (stakes) firm [in the ground].
- Isaiah 59:20“A Redeemer (Messiah) will come to Zion, And to those in Jacob (Israel) who turn from transgression (sin),” declares the Lord.
- Isaiah 60:1“Arise [from spiritual depression to a new life], shine [be radiant with the glory and brilliance of the Lord]; for your light has come, And the glory and brilliance of the Lord has risen upon you.
- Isaiah 61:3To grant to those who mourn in Zion the following: To give them a turban instead of dust [on their heads, a sign of mourning], The oil of joy instead of mourning, The garment [expressive] of praise instead of a disheartened spirit. So they will be called the trees of righteousness [strong and magnificent, distinguished for integrity, justice, and right standing with God], The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
- Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake I (Isaiah) will not be silent, And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet, Until her righteousness and vindication go forth as brightness, And her salvation goes forth like a burning torch.
- Jeremiah 3:17At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The Throne of the Lord,’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name (renown) of the Lord; and they will not walk anymore after the stubbornness of their [own] evil heart.
- Jeremiah 31:12“They will come and sing aloud and shout for joy on the height of Zion, And will be radiant [with joy] over the goodness of the Lord— For the grain, for the new wine, for the oil, And for the young of the flock and the herd. And their life will be like a watered garden, And they shall never sorrow or languish again.
- Ezekiel 36:2Thus says the Lord God, “Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The ancient heights have become our property,’
- Ezekiel 37:27My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Ezekiel 40:1In the twenty-fifth year of our exile [in Babylon], in the beginning of the year, on the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city [of Jerusalem] was taken, on that [very] same day the hand of the Lord was upon me and He brought me there.
- Ezekiel 48:1“Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan, which is on the northern border of Damascus, beside Hamath, and running from the east to the west, Dan, one portion.
- Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels [in festive gathering],
Commentaries on Psalms 87:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Glorious things are spoken of thee - Or, there are glorious words or doctrines in thee. Does this refer to the glorious doctrines of the Christian Church? These are glorious sayings indeed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Glorious things are spoketh of thee, O city of God - Jerusalem, called the “city of God” as being the place of his unique home on earth. The word rendered “are spoken” may mean either “have been spoken,” or “are to be spoken;” that is, either, such things have been said, or they may be said. They have been placed on record; or, they may now be put on record concerning thee. Probably the former is the true meaning; and the language would embrace such…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7This psalm presents Jerusalem as the city of God, where people from all nations are counted as citizens.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. spoken of thee--or, "in thee," that is, the city of God (Psa 46:4; 48:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 87
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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