Psalms 87:2 · KJV
“The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.”
— Psalms 87:2
[A Psalm {or} Song for the sons of Korah.] His foundation {is} in the holy mountains. {for the sons: or, of the sons}
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Psalms 87 — Context
[A Psalm {or} Song for the sons of Korah.] His foundation {is} in the holy mountains. {for the sons: or, of the sons}
2The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
4I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this {man} was born there.
Cross References
Psalms 132:13-14
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired {it} for his habitation.
Deuteronomy 12:5
But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, {even} unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
Psalms 78:67-69
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
Joel 2:32
And it shall come to pass, {that} whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
2 Chronicles 6:6
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Isaiah 14:32
What shall {one} then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. {trust...: or, betake themselves unto it}