Its foundation — The foundation of the temple of God.
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
His foundation ] i.e. God's. The holy mountains ] the hills on which Jerusalem stood.
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 (...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Glory of Zion. A psalm or song for the sons of Korah. 1 His...
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...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ A Psalm of Song for the sons of Korah .” It so far combines the properties of a religious Psalm and a patriotic...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 ; Is...
1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.