The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 87:1-3
The praises of Zion. read more
Psalm 87:1-3 Niv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 87:1-7
The habitation of God. This psalm is true, whether we apply it— I. TO ISRAEL OF OLD , God's ancient people. That the writer had them in his mind, there can be no doubt, whatever other applications we may make of his words. Like the other psalms "for the sons of Korah," it most probably belongs to the days of Hezekiah. The sons of Korah were the keepers of those "gates" which in this psalm, as in Psalms 84:1-12 ; they celebrate; and the triumph of which they tell harmonizes... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 87:1-7
The glory of the Church. I. IN ITS FOUNDATION . "In the holy mountains." 1 . It is founded in the nature of God. In the Divine love. "The Lord loveth the gates of Zion," etc. 2 . It is founded also in the nature of man . In his spiritual nature, affinities, and needs. The Church, therefore, has sacred foundations: "and the gates of hell shall not prevail against her." II. IT IS CALLED THE CITY OF GOD . 1 . It Consists of the highest social... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 87:2
The Lord loveth the gates of Zion (comp. Psalms 78:68 ). More than all the dwellings of Jacob; i.e. "more than all the other dwellings"—more than Shiloh, more than Kirjath-jearim, more than any other of the ark's resting places. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 87:2
The principles of the Divine preference. These are seen— I. IN THE GREATER LOVE OF GOD FOR ZION THAN FOR ALL THE DWELLINGS OF JACOB . Not a few of those dwellings were spacious, magnificent, wealthy, adorned, and inhabited by men who feared God; but yet, because in Zion God's glory was more revealed, his grace seen, his truth declared, his people blessed, and because there that in man which God ever most of all delights in—the spiritual life, the life of... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 87:2
The Divine interest in Zion. Taking Zion as a poetical name for Jerusalem, the temple city, and as the representative of every place where public and united worship is offered to God. Zion is still, for us, the pious name for God's house. The point prominent is this—that we should love God's house and worship is not in any sense surprising; but it is a surprise of condescension and grace that God should love our sanctuaries, and find his pleasure in our worship. Yet even this we are... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 87:3
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. The psalmist probably refers in part to the predictions of older prophets, but also in part to the revelations made to himself, which he is on the point of recording ( Psalms 87:4-7 ). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 87:3
The glory of the Church. "Glorious things," etc. It is a glorious thing to be a real Christian. Glorious because of the relation such a one holds to God and to Christ—a child of God by faith in Christ Jesus ( Galatians 4:7 ; Romans 8:16 , Romans 8:17 ). Glorious also because of his relation to the Church of God—a citizen of the heavenly city, a member of the fellowship of saints, the brotherhood of the faithful, the spiritual body of which Christ is the living Head ( Colossians 1:18... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 87:1
His foundation is in the holy mountains . God's foundation—the city which he has founded—is "in the holy mountains;" i.e. in the hill country of Judaea, a congeries of mountains, "holy," since they surround the holy city and belong to the "holy land" ( Zechariah 2:12 ). read more