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Psalms 87 Summary
Zion, the City of God
The psalmist proclaims that God's foundation is in the holy mountains and that the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob, for glorious things are spoken of Zion, the city of God. The psalmist mentions Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia, noting that men shall be born there. Zion is distinguished above all, for the Lord shall count it when He writes up the people, recording that men were born in Zion. Singers and players on instruments are there, and all the springs of the psalmist's joy are in Zion.
Key themes
Key verses
Psalms 87:1-3
“His foundation is in the holy mountains.”
Psalms 87:5-6
“And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.”
Psalms 87:7
“As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.”
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