New King James Version
Psalms 87:7
7Both the singers and the players on instruments say, “All my springs are in you.”
Psalms 87:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
- New International Version (NIV)As they make music they will sing, “All my fountains are in you.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Singers and dancers alike say, "All my springs are in you."
- New Living Translation (NLT)The people will play flutes and sing, “The source of my life springs from Jerusalem!”
Context of Psalms 87:7
5And of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her; And the Most High Himself shall establish her.” 6The Lord will record, When He registers the peoples: “This one was born there.” Selah Both the singers and the players on instruments say, “All my springs are in you.”
Read all of Psalms 87Psalms 87:7 word by word
וְשָׁרִ֥ים כְּחֹלְלִ֑ים כָּֽל־מַעְיָנַ֥י בָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 87:7
- Psalms 68:24They have seen Your procession, O God, The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding joy.
- 1 Chronicles 23:5four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the Lord with musical instruments, “which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”
- 1 Chronicles 25:1Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was:
- Revelation 14:1Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- Psalms 46:4There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
- Isaiah 12:3Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation.
- John 1:16And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
- John 4:10Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
- John 7:37On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
- James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
- Revelation 21:6And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.
- Revelation 22:1And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Commentaries on Psalms 87:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7As well the singers, etc. - Perhaps, this may mean no more than, The burden of the songs of all the singers and choristers shall be, "All my fountains (ancestors and posterity) are in thee;" and consequently, entitled to all thy privileges and immunities. Instead of שרים sharim, "singers," many MSS. and early printed editions have, sarim, "princes." Some for מעיני mayenai, "my fountains," would read with several of the Versions, מעוני meoney…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there - literally, “The singers as the players on instruments.” The image is that of a musical procession, where the singers go before, followed by those who play on various instruments of music. The idea seems to be that when the number of the true friends of God shall be made up, or shall all be enrolled, there will be a triumphal procession; or, they are seen by the psalmist, moving before God…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-7Verses 4-7 The church of Christ is more glorious and excellent than the nations of the earth. In the records of heaven, the meanest of those who are born again stand registered. When God renders to every man according to his works, he shall observe who enjoyed the privileges of his sanctuary. To them much was given, and of them much will be required. Let those that dwell in Zion, mark this, and live up to their profession. Zion's songs shall be sung with…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. 77. As in a great procession of those thus written up, or registered, seeking Zion (Is 2:3; Jr 50:5), "the singers" and "players," or pipers, shall precede. all my springs--So each shall say, "All my sources of spiritual joy are in Thee" (Psa 46:4; 84:6).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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