Psalms · 7 verses
Psalms 87
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Zion has an astonishingly large birth register: Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush are named among those who know the LORD, and the verdict falls, rather briskly, on “This one was born in Zion.”
A city loved above the dwellingsvv. 1–3
The song opens with a city founded on holy mountains, and the LORD’s affection is directed particularly towards its gates. Zion is called the city of God, with glorious things said of it; the psalm pauses there, as though even it has noticed the grandeur.
The surprising birthplacevv. 4–7
Then the register becomes wonderfully expansive. Rahab and Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush are named among those who know the LORD, and each is swept into the phrase about being born in Zion. The Most High establishes the city, the LORD writes the peoples into His register, and the singers and pipers finish with springs of joy in God—a civic ceremony that has acquired music and rather more nations than one might expect.
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Ps 87:1A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A song. He has founded His city on the holy mountains.
Ps 87:2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Ps 87:3Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah
Ps 87:4“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.’”
Ps 87:5And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
Ps 87:6The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah
Ps 87:7Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”
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- 1Isaiah 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
- 1Isaiah 56:7I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
- 7Psalms 36:9For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- 7John 1:16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
- 7Isaiah 12:3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
- 7Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
- 1Ephesians 2:20–22built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- 6Isaiah 4:3Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
- 7Revelation 21:6And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
- 7John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- 1Isaiah 2:2–3In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
- 3Ezekiel 37:27–28My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- 11 Corinthians 3:10–11By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
- 1Psalms 48:1–2A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
- 1Matthew 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- 2Deuteronomy 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.
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