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 Jacob, as the place of His habitation and of the revelation of His glory in the midst of His people. Note that the gates of Zion are mentioned to indicate the accessibility of the city to all men; for the means of grace administered by the Church are intended to bring salvation to all men.
Verse Psalms 87:2. _THE LORD LOVETH THE GATES OF ZION MORE THAN ALL THE_ _DWELLINGS OF JACOB._] That is, he preferred Zion for his habitation, to be the place of his temple and sanctuary, before any...
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; where courts were held. The particular allusion here seems to...
Psalms 87 Zion and Its Coming Glories Another Korah Psalm. Zion is the object of Jehovah's love where He will manifest His glory. Glorious things are spoken of the city of God. This we learn from ma...
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 glory...
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;...
The glory of Zion the city of God....
_the gates of Zion_ A poetical expression for the city, specially appropriate with reference to the thought of the crowd of pilgrims (Psalms 122:2) entering it from all nations (Isaiah 60:11; Revelati...
PSALMS 87 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Glorious Destiny of Zion as the Metropolis of the Nations. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 87:1-3, Jehovah's Preferential Love for Zion Declared. Stanza II., Psalms 87:4-...
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 - (). "The gates" are specified because it is against...
87:2 habitations (b-11) Or 'tabernacles.'...
This Ps. expands the thought of Psalms 86:9. Zion is the chosen dwelling of God (Psalms 87:1), the spiritual birthplace of the other nations (Psalms 87:4), and the source of joy to them all ...
ZION] Jerusalem. THE DWELLINGS OF JACOB] other cities of Judah....
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE TWO JERUSALEMS PSALMS 87 JESUS SAID, "YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN". (JOHN 3:7)...
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Psalms 87:1 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-born c...
CITIZENS OF ZION Psalms 87:1 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 into th...
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 Jehov...
_Thee. The psalm 21st is nearly similar to this. My prayer is continual. (Calmet)_...
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 praying seed are, yet they are so only in Jesus. The a...
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 the free choice which God had made of it. With this agrees...
Psalms 87 views Zion as founded of God, a city which has foundations. Men had cities, and boasted of them; but God had a city He founded in the holy mountains. Even here it was not Joseph or the richn...
THE LORD LOVETH THE GATES OF ZION,.... Which the Targum interprets of the schools, as preferable to the synagogues: the Lord loves Zion herself; that is, the church, and therefore has chosen it for hi...
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 moved him to make choice of it, above all other places,...
_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 _Jerusalem_, to intimate that he loved Jerusalem for Zion...
1-3 Christ himself is the Foundation of the church, which God has laid. Holiness is the strength and firmness of the church. Let us not be ashamed of the church of Christ in its meanest condition, no...
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, as was now said, to wit, of Jerusalem, which was built upon and...
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CONTENTS: God's favor to Zion and His great love for it. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: God has expressed a particular affection for Jerusalem because there He met and conversed with His peo...
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 pro...
_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 houses set apart for His worship. Nor is He less present w...
_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 elevat...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 87:1. This is a psalm celebrating Zion as the chosen city of God. It looks forward to people of all nations—even nations that have been Israel’s enemies—becoming citizens of...
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 b...
EXPOSITION THIS short psalm, opening with the praise of Zion, or of the Jewish Church (Psalms 87:1), passes into a glorification of the Church universal, when all the nations have come into it (Psalms...
His foundation is in the holy mountains. The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all of the dwellings of Jacob (Psalms 87:1-2). So it's sort of a psalm which extols the city of Jerusalem which is...
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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 Jerusalem for Zion's sake, or for the temple, which...