Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 87:2
2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Psalms 87:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.
- English Standard Version (ESV)the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord loves the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Context of Psalms 87:2
1He has founded His city on the holy mountains. The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah 4“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me— along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush— when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
Read all of Psalms 87Psalms 87:2 word by word
אֹהֵ֣ב יְ֭הוָה שַׁעֲרֵ֣י צִיּ֑וֹן מִ֝כֹּ֗ל מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת יַעֲקֹֽב׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 87:2
- Psalms 78:67He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
- Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
- 2 Chronicles 6:6But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
- Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
- Joel 2:32And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
Commentaries on Psalms 87:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob - That is, he preferred Zion for his habitation, to be the place of his temple and sanctuary, before any other place in the promised land. Mystically, the Lord prefers the Christian Church to the Jewish: the latter was only a type of the former; and had no glory by reason of the glory that excelleth. To this position no exception can be made.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The Lord loveth the gates of Zion - Compare Psalm 78:68. The gates of a city were the places of concourse; where business was transacted; where courts were held. The particular allusion here seems to be to the thronging multitudes pressing into the city for public worship - the numbers that gathered together at the great feasts and festivals of the nation; and the meaning is, that he looked with more pleasure on such multitudes as they thronged the gates…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. 22. gates--for the enclosures, or city to which they opened (Psa 9:14; 122:2; compare Psa 132:13, 14).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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