Psalms 87:2

The LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

Zion. See App-68.

Jacob. Israel viewed in connection with the natural seed, and with material blessings. See notes on Genesis 32:28; Genesis 43:6; Genesis 45:26; Genesis 45:28.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 87:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord loveth the gates of Zion - Compare Psalms 78:68 . The gates of a city were the places of concourse; where business was transacted; wher...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 J...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion above all the dwellings of Jacob. Here we are taught that all the excellence of the holy city depended on...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob - That...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jaco...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 (...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zion ] Jerusalem. The dwellings of Jacob ] other cities of Judah.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 c...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Read with reference to Christ, this verse is most beautiful; for it is in Christ the Lord visiteth and rejoiceth in his people. Lovely as Jacob's pra...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord loveth the gates of Zion ,.... Which the Targum interprets of the schools, as preferable to the synagogues: the Lord loves Zion herself; th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Ver. 2. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion ] Nothing but his mere love move...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord loveth the gates of Zion That is, the city of Zion, or Jerusalem, gates being often put for cities. He saith Zion rather than Jerus...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Glory of Zion. A psalm or song for the sons of Korah. 1 His...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The gates, i.e. the city gates, being oft put for cities, as Deuteronomy 15:7 , Deuteronomy 16:5 Psalms 9:14 . Of Zion; largely so called,...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ A Psalm of Song for the sons of Korah .” It so far combines the properties of a religious Psalm and a patriotic...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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, t...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 sp...
The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. The gates of Zion I. God has always shown a particular respect to house...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 C...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord loveth the gates of Zion, of the Temple situated on that mountain, as the emblem of His Church on earth, more than all the dwellings of Jac...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 6:6 ; Deuteronomy 12:5 ; Isaiah 14:32 ; Joel 2:32 ; Psalms 78:67-6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zion — That is, Zion itself, or Jerusalem, which was built upon and near mount Zion. He saith Zion rather than Jerusalem, to intimate that he loved...

² The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 87:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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