Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 87:2
2The Lord loves Zion’s city gates 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
1The city he founded is on the holy mountains. The Lord loves Zion’s city gates more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3Glorious things are said about you, city of God.Selah 4“I will make a record of those who know me: Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — each one was born there.”
Read all of Psalms 87Psalms 87:2 word by word
אֹהֵ֣ב יְ֭הוָה שַׁעֲרֵ֣י צִיּ֑וֹן מִ֝כֹּ֗ל מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת יַעֲקֹֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 87:2
- Psalms 78:67He rejected the tent of Joseph and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
- Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his home:
- Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, turn to the place the Lord your God chooses from all your tribes to put his name for his dwelling and go there.
- 2 Chronicles 6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem so that my name will be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.”
- Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the messengers from that nation? The Lord has founded Zion, and his oppressed people find refuge in her.
- Joel 2:32Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, for there will be an escape for those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, as the Lord promised, among the survivors the Lord calls.
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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