Psalms 87:1

1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 3:11; 1 Peter 2:4-8; 2 Chronicles 3:1; 2 Peter 1:18; Ephesians 2:20-22; Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 56:7; Matthew 16:18; Psalms 121:1; Psalms 48:1; Psalms 48:2; Psalms 68:16; Zechariah 8:3

Related Commentaries of Psalms 87:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His foundation - This is an abrupt commencement of the psalm. The adjective “his” has been supposed by some to refer to the psalm itself, and thi...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

"A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah." His (a) foundation [is] in the holy mountains. (a) God chose that place among the hills to establish Jeru...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title.. Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. App-65. Song. Hebrew. shir . App-65. for the sons of Korah: i.e. of or by them. This title is repeated in t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 His foundations are in the holy mountains. Those who conceive that Jerusalem is here meant, as if it were said to be founded upon the ho...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation is in the holy mountains. His foundation is in the holy mountains - Jerusalem was founded o...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The nature and glory of the church. The increase, honour, and comfort of the members thereof. A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. Title....
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

His foundation is in the holy mountains. Psalms 87:1-7 .-Zion is the city loved and founded by God ( Psalms 87:1-3 ); it is the spiritual bir...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

His foundation ] i.e. God's. The holy mountains ] the hills on which Jerusalem stood.
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 (...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

His foundation. — This abrupt commencement with a clause without a verb has led to the conjecture that a line has dropped away. But this is unneces...
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

CONTENTS This Psalm hath been very justly considered as a beautiful ode on the Incarnation of Christ; and, as such, contains the outlines of that gl...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE HOLY HILLS ‘Her foundations are upon the holy hills.’ Psalms 87:1 (Prayer Book Version) The Psalmist, in his lovely songs, speaks to us so...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

His foundation is in the holy mountains. The Jewish writers connect these words with the title of the psalm, and make the sense to be this; "the fo...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 87:1 «A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah. » His foundation [is] in the holy mountains. A Psalm or Song ] Made, likely, by David, aft...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

His foundation Namely, the foundation of the city, or temple of God, of which he speaks in the following verses. The psalmist's thoughts, we may su...
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

PSALM 87 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was doubtless composed after the building of the temple; and, as learned men think, and it seems probable, when th...
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 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

His foundation, that which Jehovah, the Lord of the Church, has laid, is in the holy mountains, the location of the Temple being given in the wide...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Its foundation — The foundation of the temple of God.

¹ His foundation is in the holy mountains.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 87:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 87:1