Psalms 87

Psalms 87:1

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

God hath founded his city Jerusalem, and his holy temple, upon the mountains, which he hath chosen.

Psalms 87:2

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

The Lord taketh more pleasure to dwell in his tabernacle, and his temple, on Zion hill, than in all the rest of the land of Judah or Israel.

Psalms 87:4

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

I rejoice to see that the Church of God shall not always be confined to these narrow bounds of Judea; but that it shall extend itself to all nations: insomuch as I make account of the most unlikely nations of Egypt and Babylon to be admitted into the bosom thereof; and even amongst the most spiteful Philistines, and the Tyrians, and Ethiopians, there shall be sons born unto God.

Psalms 87:5

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her; and the highest himself shall establish her.

And Zion, the true spiritual Zion, shall be so enlarged, that it shall be said of every professed Christian, that he was born in her; and God shall so establish her, that the gates of hell shall not prevail against her.

Psalms 87:7

All my springs are in thee.

All the living waters of true comfort, all graces, and all salvation are to be found in thee only (viz. the Church of God).