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Verse Psalms 87:5. _THIS AND THAT MAN WAS BORN IN HER_] It will be an
honour to any person to have been born in Zion. But how great is the
honour to be _born from above_, and be a citizen of the Jerus...
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AND OF ZION IT SHALL BE SAID - In respect to Zion; or, in honor of
Zion. People shall regard it as a privilege to have been born in Zion.
They shall speak of such a birth as a marked and honored disti...
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Psalms 87
Zion and Its Coming Glories
Another Korah Psalm. Zion is the object of Jehovah's love where He
will manifest His glory. Glorious things are spoken of the city of
God. This we learn from ma...
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LXXXVII. ZION THE MOTHER OF ALL YAHWEH'S PEOPLE. When this Ps. was
written, the Jews were scattered everywhere in the known world. But
every true Jew recognised Jerusalem as his mother city. The glory...
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OF. to.
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_.
THE HIGHEST. the MOST HIGH. Hebrew. _'Elyon._ App-4....
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The Psalmist speaks, echoing the divine decree from Zion's point of
view, dwelling upon the honour which will accrue to Zion by this
accession of citizens.
Yea, of Zion it shall be said,
Each and ev...
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The nations of the world shall be enrolled as Zion's children; and
Zion shall be glorified by this accession of unnumbered fresh
citizens....
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THE HIGHEST HIMSELF SHALL ESTABLISH HER— That is what David promised
himself; that as he had built the city under the direction of God, and
had fixed for the ark a proper habitation in it; so God woul...
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PSALMS 87
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Glorious Destiny of Zion as the Metropolis of the Nations.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 87:1-3, Jehovah's Preferential Love for Zion
Declared. Stanza II., Psalms 87:4-...
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This Ps. expands the thought of Psalms 86:9. Zion is the chosen
dwelling of God (Psalms 87:1), the spiritual birthplace of the other
nations (Psalms 87:4), and the source of joy to them all ...
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THIS AND THAT MAN] RV 'this one and that one.' This and that nation
shall be converted to God....
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
THE TWO JERUSALEMS
PSALMS 87
JESUS SAID, "YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN". (JOHN 3:7)...
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AND OF ZION... — This verse must be taken as antithetical to the
preceding. The poet claims a prouder boast for natives of Jerusalem,
because it was established by the Most High. Render, _But of Zion...
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וּֽ לֲ צִיֹּ֨ון ׀ יֵאָמַ֗ר אִ֣ישׁ וְ֭
אִישׁ
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Psalms 87:1
ONE clear note sounds in this remarkable psalm. Its single theme is
the incorporation of ancestral foes and distant nations with the
people of God. Aliens are to be enrolled as home-born c...
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CITIZENS OF ZION
Psalms 87:1
This psalm blends in one great congregation the ancient foes of Israel
and the Chosen People. It is a vision of the Holy Universal Church.
The _Selahs_ divide it into th...
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This is a prophecy. The singer is looking on. The order of the earthly
realisation of the Kingdom of God is seen as established. First, the
city is contemplated at the centre of everything, with Jehov...
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And of Zion it shall be said, (e) This and that man was born in her:
and the highest himself shall establish her.
(e) Out of all quarters they will come to the Church, and be counted
as citizens....
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_Pit. Like a slave confined every night in prison, Exodus xii. 29._...
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If, as Mr. Romaine justly concludes, we may, without violence to the
original, read this verse - "And of Zion it shall be said, A Person,
and a Person shall be born in her; " this plainly intimates th...
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5_And it shall be said of Zion, Man and man is born in her. _It is
asserted, in the 4th verse, That new citizens shall be gathered into
the Church of God from different parts of the world; and here th...
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Psalms 87 views Zion as founded of God, a city which has foundations.
Men had cities, and boasted of them; but God had a city He founded in
the holy mountains. Even here it was not Joseph or the richn...
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AND OF ZION IT SHALL BE SAID,.... The same with the city of God, the
church before commended:
THIS AND THAT MAN WAS BORN IN HER; this and that great man, in
opposition to a mean person, in the preced...
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And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and
the highest himself shall establish her.
Ver. 5. _And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in
her_] _i.e._ Convert...
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_Of Zion_ Concerning the church of God, whether composed of Jews or
Gentiles, _it shall be said_ It shall be mentioned by God, and
acknowledged by men, as a great and wonderful work of Jehovah, that
_...
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And of Zion it shall be said, of the Church itself the statement would
be made, THIS AND THAT MAN WAS BORN IN HER, added to her by his
spiritual birth; AND THE HIGHEST HIMSELF SHALL ESTABLISH HER, God...
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THE CHURCH OF GOD THE SPIRITUAL BIRTHPLACE OF THE NATIONS.
A psalm or song for the sons of Korah, a triumphal hymn in the strain
of these inspired singers, celebrating the glory of the Church as the...
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4-7 The church of Christ is more glorious and excellent than the
nations of the earth. In the records of heaven, the meanest of those
who are born again stand registered. When God renders to every ma...
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OF ZION, i.e. of Jerusalem, or the church of God. _It shall be said_;
it shall be mentioned by God, as was said, PSALMS 87:4, and it shall
be observed and acknowledged by men, as a great and wonderful...
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Psalms 87:5 Zion H6726 said H559 (H8735) This H376 born H3205 (H8795)
High H5945 establish H3559 ...
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CONTENTS: God's favor to Zion and His great love for it.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: God has expressed a particular affection for Jerusalem
because there He met and conversed with His peo...
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Psalms 87:1. _His foundation is in the holy mountains._ The hills of
Zion and Moriah were both holy. The exordium is bold and abrupt.
Mystically, the spiritual Zion, built on the foundation of the
pro...
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_And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her._
THE CHURCH OF TO-DAY
I. The chief work and truest dignity of the Church lies in her
regeneration and saving energy. In imitation of...
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_His foundation is in the holy mountains._
A MATERIAL PORTRAIT OF THE SPIRITUAL CHURCH
I. It is glorious in its elevation (Psalms 87:1). The spiritual Church
is a city set upon a hill. Though elevat...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 87:1. This is a psalm celebrating Zion as
the chosen city of God. It looks forward to people of all
nations—even nations that have been Israel’s enemies—becoming
citizens of...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 87:4 The second section is startling. One
expects a reference to THOSE WHO KNOW ME, but the list is composed of
Gentile nations. Yet, THE MOST HIGH HIMSELF WILL ESTABLISH Zion, in...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“_A Psalm of Song for the sons of Korah_.” It
so far combines the properties of a religious _Psalm_ and a patriotic
_song_ that either of the names may with propriety b...
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EXPOSITION
THIS short psalm, opening with the praise of Zion, or of the Jewish
Church (Psalms 87:1), passes into a glorification of the Church
universal, when all the nations have come into it (Psalms...
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His foundation is in the holy mountains. The LORD loves the gates of
Zion more than all of the dwellings of Jacob (Psalms 87:1-2).
So it's sort of a psalm which extols the city of Jerusalem which is...
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1 Peter 1:23; 1 Peter 1:24; Ezekiel 48:35; Galatians 3:26; H
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Zion — Of Jerusalem, or the church of God. Said — It shall be
acknowledged. Man — Heb. Man and man, all sorts of men without
difference of nations. Establish — And this shall not be a
transient, but a...