Psalm 87 views Zion as founded of God, a city which has foundations. By David’s time it seems they served in the musical aspect of the temple worship (2 Chronicles 20:19). [496] As examples of this, see 2 Samuel 1:19, 25; Psalm 114:2; Song of Solomon 1:2; Isaiah 23:1; Isaiah 26:1, 3; 30:4; 41:2; 55:4; Jeremiah 33:2; Lamentations 3:1; Nahum 1:8. A Song. When it is said, that they are born there, this does not mean that they are natives of the country, and have been brought up in it from their birth, but that they are its citizens. It is built firmly; the mountains are rocky, and on a rock the church is built. Selah. The word springs is, beyond all controversy, to be here taken metaphorically; but interpreters are not agreed as to the explanation of the metaphor. Whence it follows that a right judgment cannot be formed of the happiness of the Church, except when we estimate it according to the standard of God's word. Commentary on Psalm 119:1-8 (Read Psalm 119:1-8) This psalm may be considered as the statement of a believer's experience. Psalm 87, another Korahite psalm in the final cluster of Book III, is a song of Zion—yet a remarkably unusual one in that other nations are included in the ranks of Zion’s citizenry. The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. The Jerusalem above is a city that has foundations. 2 Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion above all the dwellings of Jacob. 2:2. A Song. Those who conceive that Jerusalem is here meant, as if it were said to be founded upon the holy mountains, are in my judgment mistaken; for the relative is in the masculine gender. The increase, honour, and comfort of the members thereof. Bible > Bible Commentary; Jamieson, Faussett, and Brown; Psalm; Psalm 87; Jamieson, Faussett, and Brown << Psalm 86 | Psalm 87 | Psalm 88 >> (Read all of Psalm 87) Ps 87:1-7. A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah.. more than all the dwellings of Jacob. everyone there is talking about you! Zion, for the temple’s sake, is here preferred, I. Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes: for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited." The worthies of the church far exceed those of heathen nations, and their names will shine brighter than in perpetual records. 28:16 stands the city he founded; 2 the Lord # Ps. Walford connects the two clauses in the same manner, "They sing with musical instruments, All my springs are in thee.'" PSALM 87 GLORIOUS THINGS OF THEE ARE SPOKEN The title we have chosen here is the title of a famous hymn which is founded upon this psalm. It being quite a common thing among the Hebrews to put a relative without its antecedent, [495] this manner of speaking ought not to seem harsh or strange. Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion above all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God.] They are described as uniting in a joyful song of praise and thanksgiving; and the burden of their song is, All my springs are in thee.' Verse 1. So God says; he has deposited treasures of grace in his holy ordinances; there are the springs from which those streams take rise which make glad the city of our God, Ps. Psalm 87: This Song of Zion speaks prophetically of the time when Zion really will be the center of the universal kingdom of the Messiah. Psalm 87: This Song of Zion speaks prophetically of the time when Zion really will be the center of the universal kingdom of the Messiah. Here we are taught that all the excellence of the holy city depended on the free choice which God had made of it. [503] Cresswell connects the second clause of this verse with the first, in this manner: -- "Singers also, and players upon the pipe, shall chant, All my wells are in thee;'" i.e., says he, "all my sources of refreshment, of hope, and of salvation, are in thee, O Zion!" I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death. was for the sons of *Korah. On the holy mount stands the city he founded; 2. the L ord loves the gates of Zion. God has a love for the dwellings of Jacob, has a gracious regard to religious families and accepts their family-worship. Selah. [504] But this is a matter of no great importance, it being enough to consider the meaning, in short, as this, that there will be a continual concert of God's praises in the Church, where he unfolds the treasures of his grace, and that the faithful will be heard singing successively and in response. Bible > Bible Commentary; Charles H. Spurgeon’s Treasury of David; Psalm; Psalm 55; Charles H. 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