Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 87:3
3Glorious things are said about you, city of God.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
1The city he founded is on the holy mountains. 2The Lord loves Zion’s city gates more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious 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.” 5And it will be said of Zion, “This one and that one were born in her.” 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 48:2rising splendidly, is the joy of the whole earth. Mount Zion — the summit of Zaphon — is the city of the great King.
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion. It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.
- Isaiah 12:6Cry out and sing, citizen of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is among you in his greatness.”
- Isaiah 49:14Zion says, “The Lord has abandoned me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
- Isaiah 54:2“Enlarge the site of your tent, and let your tent curtains be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your ropes, and drive your pegs deep.
- Isaiah 59:20“The Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those in Jacob who turn from transgression.” This is the Lord’s declaration.
- Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord shines over you.
- Isaiah 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion; to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, festive oil instead of mourning, and splendid clothes instead of despair. And they will be called righteous trees, planted by the Lord to glorify him.
- Isaiah 62:1I will not keep silent because of Zion, and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem, until her righteousness shines like a bright light and her salvation, like a flaming torch.
- Jeremiah 3:17At that time Jerusalem will be called The Lord’s Throne, and all the nations will be gathered to it, to the name of the Lord in Jerusalem. They will cease to follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
- Jeremiah 31:12They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant with joy because of the Lord’s goodness, because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and because of the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like an irrigated garden, and they will no longer grow weak from hunger.
- Ezekiel 36:2This is what the Lord God says: Because the enemy has said about you, “Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,”’
- Ezekiel 37:27My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- Ezekiel 40:1In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been captured, on that very day the Lord’s hand was on me, and he brought me there.
- Ezekiel 48:1“Now these are the names of the tribes: From the northern end, along the road of Hethlon, to Lebo-hamath as far as Hazar-enon, at the northern border of Damascus, alongside Hamath and extending from the eastern side to the sea, will be Dan — one portion.
- Hebrews 12:22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels, a 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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