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Psalm 87:3 KJV
Psalms · chapter 87 · verse 3
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.Psalm 87:3 · King James Version
Psalm 87:3 in context
1His foundation is in the holy mountains.
2The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
4I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
5And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- spokendâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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Some make the first words of the psalm to be part of the title; it is a psalm or song whose subject is the holy mountains - the temple built in Zion upon Mount Moriah. This is the foundation of the argument, or beginning of the psalm.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3