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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
Psalms Chapter 87 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Psalms Chapter 87 2 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2. gates--for the enclosures, or city to which they opened
(Ps 9:14; 122:2;
compare
Ps 132:13, 14).
Psalms Chapter 87 3 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
3. spoken of thee--or, "in thee," that is, the city of God
(Ps 46:4; 48:2).
Psalms Chapter 87 4 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
4. This is what is spoken by God.
to them . . . me--literally, "for My knowers," they are true worshippers
(Ps 36:10; Isa 19:21).
These are mentioned as specimens.
this--that is, nation
was born there--Of each it is said, "This was born," or is a native of Zion, spiritually.
Psalms Chapter 87 5 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
5. The writer resumes--
This and that man--literally, "man and man," or many
(Ge 14:10; Ex 8:10, 14),
or all
(Isa 44:5; Ga 3:28).
the highest . . . her--God is her protector.
Psalms Chapter 87 6 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
6. The same idea is set forth under the figure of a register made by God (compare
Isa 4:3).
Psalms Chapter 87 7 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
7. As in a great procession of those thus written up, or registered, seeking Zion
(Isa 2:3; Jer 50:5),
"the singers" and "players," or pipers, shall precede.
all my springs--So each shall say, "All my sources of spiritual joy are in Thee"
(Ps 46:4; 84:6).
Ps 87:1-7.
This triumphal song was probably occasioned by the same event as the forty-sixth [see on
Ps 46:1,
title]. The writer celebrates the glory of the Church, as the means of spiritual blessing to the nation.
1. His--that is, God's
foundation--or, what He has founded, that is, Zion
(Isa 14:32).
is in the holy mountains--the location of Zion, in the wide sense, for the capital, or Jerusalem, being on several hills.