“ Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. ”
Glorious things are spoketh of thee, O city of God - Jerusalem, called the “city of God” as being the place of his unique home on earth. The word rendered “are spoken” may mean either “have been...
(b) Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. (b) Though your glorious estate does not yet appear, wait with patience and God will accomplish his promise.
LXXXVII. Zion the Mother of all Yahweh's People. When this Ps. was written, the Jews were scattered everywhere in the known world. But every true Jew recognised Jerusalem as his mother city. The gl...
God. Hebrew. ha -' Elohim . the [true] God. App-4. Selah. Connecting the first alternation with the second, showing that it is to be. repeated alternation.
3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God! The reading literally is, That which is spoken in thee are glorious things. We must consider the design of the prophet, or rather the...
DISCOURSE: 646 THE GLORY OF ZION Psalms 87:3 . Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. THE city here spoken of, is Zion: of whose praises the whole Scriptures speak. She is represen...
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. Glorious things are spoken of thee - Or, there are glorious words or doctrines in thee. Does this refer to the glorious doctrines of the Chri...
Glorious things are spoken of thee— Glorious things, it shall be said, are in thee; i.e. all nations shall speak of them with surprise and wonder. Chandler.
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God - by God, by man, among Israel, among the pagan (Hengstenberg). Psalms 46:1-11 ;...
This Ps. expands the thought of Psalms 86:9 . Zion is the chosen dwelling of God ( Psalms 87:1-3 ), the spiritual birthplace of the other nations ( Psalms 87:4-6 ), and the source of joy to them all...
The meaning of this verse is obvious in spite of its many grammatical difficulties. The praise of Zion had found many tongues, but the poet implies that he is going to swell the chorus.
Psalms 87:1-7 ONE clear note sounds in this remarkable psalm. Its single theme is the incorporation of ancestral foes and distant nations with the people of God. Aliens are to be enrolled as home-...
Citizens of Zion Psalms 87:1-7 This psalm blends in one great congregation the ancient foes of Israel and the Chosen People. It is a vision of the Holy Universal Church. The Selahs divide it...
This is a prophecy. The singer is looking on. The order of the earthly realisation of the Kingdom of God is seen as established. First, the city is contemplated at the centre of everything, with Jeho...
Surely we cannot be at a loss to apprehend what is meant by the glorious things of the church, which is made glorious within by reason of her glorious Lord, and Head, and King. All his people are mad...
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. ] Which is to be understood not of the city of Jerusalem literally, which was a magnificent city, compact together, full of inhabitants, and spacio...
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. Ver. 3. Glorious things are spoken of thee ] Dicta et praedicta, told and foretold of thee, Heb. in thee, sc. by the holy prophets, es...
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God “As the prophet began, in a rapture, to speak of the holy city, so now, in a fresh transport, he changes the person, and suddenly addresses himself...
The Glory of Zion. A psalm or song for the sons of Korah. 1 His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 The L O...
O Jerusalem, though thou and thy temple are yet in some sort in your ruins, and desolate and contemptible not only to thine enemies, but also in the eyes of thine own people, yet comfort thyself with...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ A Psalm of Song for the sons of Korah .” It so far combines the properties of a religious Psalm and a patriotic song that either of the names may with propriety...
Psalms 87:1 . His foundation is in the holy mountains. The hills of Zion and Moriah were both holy. The exordium is bold and abrupt. Mystically, the spiritual Zion, built on the foundation of the...
His foundation is in the holy mountains. A material portrait of the spiritual Church I. It is glorious in its elevation ( Psalms 87:1 ). The spiritual Church is a city set upon a hill. Though e...
EXPOSITION THIS short psalm, opening with the praise of Zion, or of the Jewish Church ( Psalms 87:1-19 ), passes into a glorification of the Church universal, when all the nations have come in...
The Church of God the Spiritual Birthplace of the Nations. A psalm or song for the sons of Korah, a triumphal hymn in the strain of these inspired singers, celebrating the glory of the Church as t...
Ezekiel 36:11-38 ; Ezekiel 36:2 ; Ezekiel 37:27 ; Ezekiel 37:28 ; Ezekiel 40:1-49 ; Ezekiel 48:1-35 ; Hebrews 12:22 ; Hebrews 12:23 ; Isaiah 12:6 ; Isaiah 49:14-26 ; Isaiah 54:2-10 ; Isai...