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Psalms 87:1
1⌞The city⌟ the Lord has founded ⌞stands⌟ on holy mountains.
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Context of Psalms 87:1
⌞The city⌟ the Lord has founded ⌞stands⌟ on holy mountains. 2The Lord loves the city of Zion more than any other place in Jacob. 3Glorious things are said about you, O city of God! Selah
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Cross-references for Psalms 87:1
- 2 Chronicles 3:1Solomon began to build the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to his father David. There David had prepared the site on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- Isaiah 28:16This is what the Almighty Lord says: I am going to lay a rock in Zion, a rock that has been tested, a precious cornerstone, a solid foundation. Whoever believes ⌞in him⌟ will not worry.
- Matthew 16:18You are Peter, and I can guarantee that on this rock I will build my church. And the gates of hell will not overpower it.
- 1 Corinthians 3:10As a skilled and experienced builder, I used the gift that God gave me to lay the foundation ⌞for that building⌟. However, someone else is building on it. Each person must be careful how he builds on it.
- Ephesians 2:20You are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone.
- 1 Peter 2:4You are coming to Christ, the living stone who was rejected by humans but was chosen as precious by God.
- Psalms 48:1The Lord is great. He should be highly praised. His holy mountain is in the city of our God.
- Psalms 68:16Why do you look with envy, you mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has chosen to live? Certainly, the Lord will live there forever.
- Psalms 121:1I look up toward the mountains. Where can I find help?
- Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established as the highest of the mountains and raised above the hills. All the nations will stream to it.
- Isaiah 56:7Then I will bring them to my holy mountain and make them happy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, because my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.
- Zechariah 8:3This is what the Lord says: I will return to Zion and live in Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth. The mountain of the Lord of Armies will be called the holy mountain.
- 2 Peter 1:18We heard that voice speak to him from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.
Commentaries on Psalms 87:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1His foundation is in the holy mountains - Jerusalem was founded on the mountains or hills of Zion and Moriah. The after increase of the population obliged the inhabitants to inclose all the contiguous hills; but Zion and Moriah were the principal. We know that ancient Rome was built on seven hills.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1His foundation - This is an abrupt commencement of the psalm. The adjective “his” has been supposed by some to refer to the psalm itself, and this expression has been considered to be a part of the title to the psalm, meaning that the foundation of the psalm is the holy mountain where the praises of God were celebrated; that is Zion. This, however, is a forced and unnatural interpretation. The most obvious explanation is to refer it to God, and the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The glory of the church. (1-3) It is filled with the Divine blessing. (4-7) Verses 1-3 Christ himself is the Foundation of the church, which God has laid. Holiness is the strength and firmness of the church. Let us not be ashamed of the church of Christ in its meanest condition, nor of those that belong to it, since such glorious things are spoken of it. Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, even Jesus Christ. The glorious things spoken of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Jerusalem was Israel’s capital and the location of the temple, God’s earthly palace (see Psalm 84).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-71. His--that is, God's foundation--or, what He has founded, that is, Zion (Is 14:32). is in the holy mountains--the location of Zion, in the wide sense, for the capital, or Jerusalem, being on several hills.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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