A psalm, a song for the sons of Korah
87
📚His foundation is in theholy mountains.
87:1 This is a very remarkable psalm and one of the most remarkable chapters in the Old Testament. In it we see the nations surrounding Israel, Israel’s ancient enemies, united with Israel and become the “children” of Jerusalem by a new birth. The psalm is an expansion of Ps 86:9. The holy mountain is Mt Zion. It was holy because it was sanctified by God’s temple and God’s presence.⚜
2 📚The LORD loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings
of Jacob.
87:2 God chose Jerusalem over all the cities of Israel, all the cities of the world to be His capital city. He did not love it because it was the largest or most beautiful of cities; it was neither. Rather, He loved it because of its spiritual associations. It contained His temple; it represented His chosen people; it was a symbol of the Jerusalem which is above; it was the city where Christ would show His eternal love for men and for God.⚜
3 📚Glorious things are spoken
of you,
O city of God. Selah
87:3 Some of these glorious things are recorded in the next verses.⚜
4 📚I will make mention of Rahab
and Babylon to those
who know me.
See Philistia, and Tyre,
with Ethiopia 📖:
this one was born there.
5 📚And it will be said of Zion,
“This one and that
man was born in her;
and the Most High himself
will establish her”.
6 📚When the LORD writes up
the register of
the peoples,
he will record that this
one was born there. Selah
7 📚Both the singers and the musicians
will say, “All my springs
are in you”.