Psalms 87:7 - Exposition

As well the singers as the players on instruments; literally, and singers as well as dancers [ shall say ] . (On dancing as an element of religious service, see Exodus 15:20 ; 2 Samuel 6:16 ; Psalms 68:25 ; Psalms 149:3 ; Psalms 150:4 .) The psalmist intends to represent the converted nations as coming in a grand procession, with songs and dances, to celebrate their admission to Zion, and there one and all exclaiming, All my fresh springs— i.e. "all my sources of life, and joy, and happiness"—are in thee. The verse is possibly but "fragment," as Professor Cheyne supposes.