Glorious Things of You Are Spoken

Psalm 87

A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song.

1
On m the holy mount n stands the city he founded;
 2 the Lord o loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
 3 p Glorious things of you are spoken,
O q city of God. Selah

4 Among those who r know me I mention s Rahab and Babylon;
behold, Philistia and Tyre, with t Cush 1 -
"This one was born there," they say.
 5 And of Zion it shall be said,
"This one and that one were born in her";
for the Most High himself will u establish her.
 6 The Lord records as he v registers the peoples,
"This one was born there." Selah

7 w Singers and x dancers alike say,
"All my y springs are in you."

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 42:1
    Book Two As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 48:1
    Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 28:16
    Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 78:67 - 68
    He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 60:1
    Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
    Isaiah 54:1 - 3
    Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married," says the Lord.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 46:4
    There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 36:10
    Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
    John 10:14
    I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me.
  8. Cross References
    Job 9:13
    God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.
    Isaiah 19:22 - 25
    And the Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 68:31
    Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 48:8
    As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, which God will establish forever. Selah
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 69:28
    Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 68:25
    The singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines:
  13. Cross References
    2 Samuel 6:14
    And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 36:9
    For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.
    Isaiah 12:3
    With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
    Revelation 21:6
    And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.
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