Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Psalm 82 EXEGESIS: INTRODUCTION: This psalm has a great deal in common with the prophets, in that it pronounces judgment on those appointed by God to positions of power, who have "shown partiality to the wicked" (v. 2) and have failed to "defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless" (v. 3). The prophet speaketh of the nature and glory of the endureth and God’s love to it, Psalm 87:1-3; of the increase, honour, and comfort of the members thereof, Psalm 87:4-7. Psalm 87 - A song. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob - That is, he preferred Zion for his habitation, to be the place of his temple and sanctuary, before any other place in the promised land. His foundation is in the holy mountains. Ps 87:1-7. By David’s time it seems they served in the musical aspect of the temple worship (2 Chronicles 20:19). His—that is, God's. Sudden passion is evil, but bursts of holy joy are most precious. Psalm 85 – Praying for Revival and Restoration. Psalms 89:1-18 God’s Promises Are Secure. Commentary on Psalm 86:1-7 (Read Psalm 86:1-7) Our poverty and wretchedness, when felt, powerfully plead in our behalf at the throne of grace. By David’s time it seems they served in the musical aspect of the temple worship (2 Chronicles 20:19). But then we may call upon him, as the psalmist here. A theocracy blends the religious and the patriotic ideas in one; and in proportion as nations become … Psalm 87:1-7: His foundation is in the holy mountains. In contrast – Psalm 1:6 – God is personally acquainted and familiar with the way of the righteous. "His foundation is in the holy mountains." What but those attributes of mercy, justice, holiness, and sovereignty, from the ineffable embrace and holy cooperation of which it comes to pass that his chosen people are redeemed? Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Psalm 133 EXEGESIS: CONTEXT: At three verses, this is one of the shortest psalms in the psalter. I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon] Rahab is Egypt, and so called for its … 1 Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song. The adjective “his” has been supposed by some to refer to the psalm itself, and this expression has been considered to be a part of the title to the psalm, meaning that the foundation of the psalm is the holy mountain where the praises of God were celebrated; that is Zion. His election made the mountains holy, they were by his determination ordained and set apart for the Lord's use. Psalms 87:1-7.-Zion is the city loved and founded by God (Psalms 87:1-3); it is the spiritual birthplace of the nations (Psalms 87:4-7). A thousand shall fall, &c.] This deadly disease lays heaps upon heaps (as we have had lamentable experience), and scarce leaveth living enough to bury the dead, as in the days of Decius the emperor. God is not there because the mountains are holy, but they are holy because God is there. In the holy mountains; or, among or within the holy mountains, to wit, in Jerusalem, which was encompassed with mountains, Psalm 125:2, and in which were two famous mountains, to wit, Zion and Moriah. but the words are a part of the song or psalm, which begins in an abrupt manner, just as Sol 1:2 and may be rendered either "its foundation", or "his foundation", and refer either to the church, or to the Lord, and the sense is the same either way; for the church's foundation is also the Lord's foundation, a foundation of his laying; see Isaiah 14:32 and is laid "in the holy mountains"; alluding to the mountains of Zion and Moriah, where the temple stood, a type of the church; or to the mountains about Jerusalem, by which also the church is frequently signified; and by those, in a mystical and spiritual sense, may be meant the purposes and decrees of God, which are as mountains of brass, Zechariah 6:1, they are like the ancient mountains for the antiquity of them, and are high, and not to be reached and searched into, and are firm, solid, and immoveable; and are also holy, particularly the decree of election, that source of all true holiness, which has sanctification for its end and means; and is the foundation of the church, which supports and secures it, and stands sure, 2 Timothy 2:19, also the covenant of grace, which is sure and immoveable, and in which are provisions for holiness, internal and external; and is the foundation and security of the church, and all believers; but especially Jesus Christ, the Rock of ages, is meant, the Holy One of Israel, the sure foundation laid in Zion: some interpret these holy mountains of the holy apostles, who were in an high and eminent station in the church, and were doctrinally foundations, as they ministerially laid Christ, as the only foundation; see Ephesians 2:20, it may be rendered, "among the holy mountains" (w); and so may regard, as Cocceius explains it, the several kingdoms and provinces of the world in which the Gospel shall be preached; and the church shall be established and settled in the latter day even upon the tops of mountains, which shall become holy to the Lord, Isaiah 2:2. ... Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary. That the writer had them in his mind, there can be no doubt, whatever other applications we may make of his words. Either, 1. His foundation is in the holy mountains. (w) "inter montes sanctitatis", Junius & Tremellius; so Ainsworth. The Psalm begins abruptly, the poet's heart was full, and it gained vent on a sudden. Many things had contributed to David's advancement, and he owns the hand of God in them all, to teach us to do likewise. A psalm of the descendants of Korah. This psalm is true, whether we apply it -. Among the gods there isnone like You, O Lord; Nor are there any workslike Your works. So it"s sort of a psalm which extols the city of Jerusalem which is known as Zion also. Greek ~ a language. -- A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. Subject and Division. Of the city or temple of God, of which he speaks in the following verses. Commentary on Psalm 18:29-50 (Read Psalm 18:29-50) When we praise for one mercy, we must observe the many more, with which we have been compassed all our days. And whereas the beginning is somewhat abrupt, which seems to be the only ground of the foregoing exposition, that is no unusual thing in Scripture, and the pronoun relative, such as this is, is often put without any foregoing antecedent, and the antecedent is to be fetched out of the following words or verses, as Numbers 24:17, I shall see him, or it, to wit, the star, which follows afterward; Psalm 105:19, his word, i.e. Not on the sand of carnal policy, nor in the morass of human kingdoms, has the Lord founded his church, but on his own power and godhead, which are pledged for the establishment of his beloved church, which is to him the chief of all his works. All the wickedness of the world is owing to man's wilfulness. Or rather, 2. "God loveth the gates of Zion" (Psalms 87:2). "The `mount' of God is as the `mount' of Bashan; an high mount as the mount of Bashan. Sudden passion is evil, but bursts of holy joy are most precious. The name of the person whom he is to celebrate is not mentioned at first, but is soon discovered by the character given of him. "by the hands of the sons of Korah is said a song, which is founded by the mouth of the fathers that were of old:''. Every such person is entitled to sing this sacred hymn, and he is called upon to do it. 3 People say wonderful things about you, O city of God. Psalms 90:1-17 Selah. There the city sits securely, beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth. Interlude I will count Egypt and Babylon among those who know me— also Philistia and Tyre, and even distant Ethiopia. Title. Here are Philistia and Tyre, along with Ethiopia. (Comp. Why leap ye so, ye high `mountains'? The psalm is a prayer in the midst of crisis for the ancient faith community. 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 ). (Selah) 4 I mention Rahab and Babylon to my followers. Judged by this standard, our own land is far in arrears. Psalm 87:1 NIV Psalm 87:1 NLT Psalm 87:1 ESV Psalm 87:1 NASB Psalm 87:1 KJV Psalm 87:1 Bible Apps Psalm 87:1 Parallel Psalm 87:1 Biblia Paralela Psalm 87:1 Chinese Bible Psalm 87:1 French Bible Psalm 87:1 German Bible Psalm 87:1 Commentaries Bible Hub The Lord loves the gates of Zionmore than all the other dwellings of Jacob. And so the last two verses contrast the final end of these two types of people. The word foundations may possibly be emphatical, because this Psalm might probably be composed when the foundations of the second temple were newly laid, and the old men who had seen the glory of the former house were dejected at the sight of this, of which see Ezra 3:11,12. Psalms 85:1-13 God Never Gives Up On Us. A theocracy blends the religious and the patriotic ideas in one; and in proportion as nations become Christianized, their popular songs will become deeply imbued with pious sentiments. PSALM 87 OVERVIEW. a. Psalm 87:1 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Psalm 87:1, NIV: "Of the Sons of Korah. Hebron, indeed, is higher still, by some hundred feet; and from the south, accordingly, the approach to Jerusalem is by a slight descent. Verse 1. What but these things, and Christ himself, the Rock of Ages, on which rock we know that the Church is so firmly founded, that the gates of hell cannot prevail against her? Psalms 87:1 Context. The title, A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah, gives us no light into the author or meaning of this Psalm. Salem Media Group. 2 The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. A psalm. With regard to the plural, mountains, it is probably only poetical, though geographically it is correct to speak of Jerusalem as situated on hills. The Book of Psalms Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET PSALM 87 Psa 87:1-7.This triumphal song was probably occasioned by the same event as the forty-sixth [see on JF & B for Ps 46:1, title].The writer celebrates the glory of the Church, as the means of spiritual blessing to the nation. The best self-preservation is to commit ourselves to God's keeping. Psalms 88:1-18 The Depths of Despair. Among other marvels of God's love in its later history, it had been untouched by Sennacherib when other cities of Israel and Judah had fallen victims to his cruelty. beharree kodesh, the mountains of holiness; gave himself for his church, that he might sanctify and cleanse it; Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. -- If we suppose the Psalm to have been composed in the days of Hezekiah, it will appear quite intelligible that the Psalmist should break out so suddenly at the beginning with praise of the security of Sion: he merely lends his mouth in this case to the full heart of the people; The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob, is seen in its true light, for this preference for Sion was at that time verified -- its gates remained closed upon the enemies, while all the rest of the country was subject to their sway.-- E.W. 87:1-3, and (2) Ps. This triumphal song was probably occasioned by the same event as the forty-sixth [see on [618]Ps 46:1, title]. -- His foundation is in the holy mountains. Psalm 87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains. What can they be but the eternal purpose of Jehovah -- the purpose out of which the being of the Church and the whole dispensation of Divine love have sprung? Verse 1. 87:1-3 Christ himself is the Foundation of the church, which God has laid. God has chosen to found his earthly temple upon the mountains; he might have selected other spots, but it was his pleasure to have his chosen abode upon Zion. This psalm is titled To the Chief Musician.A Psalm of the sons of Korah.These sons of Korah were Levites, from the family of Kohath. Verse 1. God's foundations are there in the holy mountains. The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all of the dwellings of Jacob ( Psalm 87:1-2). The writer celebrates the glory of the Church, as the means of spiritual blessing to the nation. continued...THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was doubtless composed after the building of the temple; and, as learned men think, and it seems probable, when the people were newly returned out of Babylon, and laboured under many discouragements about the return of most of their brethren, and the difficulties which they met with in the rebuilding of their temple and city. Proud member A Song. This psalm is simply titled A Psalm of the sons of Korah.A Song.These sons of Korah were Levites, from the family of Kohath. Compare the notes at Psalm 48:1-2. The Psalm begins abruptly, the poet's heart was full, and it gained vent on a sudden. This is a lively description of fallen man. For You aregreat, and do wondrous things; You alone areGod. His foundation: whose foundation? He wills that the church shall be, he settles all arrangements for her calling, salvation, maintenance and perfection, and all his attributes, like the mountains round about Jerusalem, lend their strength for her support. The title prefixed is "A Psalm to be sung by the sons of Korah", i.e. He laid the foundation in ancient times of what He would bring fulfilling it through His Son, Jesus. All wicked people are God's enemies, especially wicked persecutors. We have no need to divide so brief a song. The Musicians’ Exultation over Jerusalem (87:7). "In the holy mountains" (Psalms 87:1). John Trapp Complete Commentary. Thrice in Psalms 87:4-6 it is stated that such and such a one "was born in her" (there); in Psalms 87:7 the chorus of converted nations joyfully sing that the springs of their spiritual life flow from her. This triumphal song was probably occasioned by the same event as the forty-sixth [see on [618]Ps 46:1, title]. A song. Its praises celebrated, Psalm 87:7. Is in the holy mountains - The mountains of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is surrounded by hills, and within the city itself there were the hills of Zion, Moriah, Acra, and Bezethah; See the notes at Matthew 2:1. All rights reserved. -- A Psalm or Song for the Sons of Korah. Psalm 87:1-7. The Jewish writers connect these words with the title of the psalm, and make the sense to be this; "the foundation" or argument "of it", the psalm, "is concerning the holy mountains" of Zion and Jerusalem; so Aben Ezra, Jarchi, and Kimchi; and the Targum joins them together thus, The Lord’s Love for Zion (87:1-3). Selah. Holiness is the strength and firmness of the church. People are not religious, because they will not be so. The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. heaven ~ the home of God. That point, the highest in the city, the height which most readily catches the eye from every quarter, is emphatically the "hill fort", the "rocky hold" of Jerusalem -- the refuge where first the Jebusite, and then the Lion of God, stood at bay against the hunters. The situation of Jerusalem is in several respects singular amongst the cities of Palestine. I.TO ISRAEL OF OLD, God's ancient people. A sacred hymn and a national lyric. Jerusalem was where Melchizedek reigned as … Psalm 117, with two verses, is the only shorter psalm. Like the other psalms "for the sons of Korah," it most probably belongs to the days of Hezekiah. Psalms 131, 133 and 134 each have three verses. Its elevation is remarkable, occasioned, not from its being on the summit of one of the numerous hills of Judaea, like most of the towns and villages, but because it is on the edge of one of the highest table lands of the country. Whole Psalm -- Bishop Bruno entitles this Psalm, "The voice of prophecy concerning the heavenly Jerusalem", that is, the Church of Christ. 2. John Trapp Complete Commentary. Psalm 87:2. God has chosen to found his earthly temple upon the mountains; he might have selected other spots, but it was his pleasure to have his chosen abode upon Zion. Psalms 91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.. Ver. But as we have no information, and the point is not important, we may leave it, and proceed to meditate upon the Psalm itself. Glorious things are said of The nature and glorious privileges of Zion and Jerusalem, Psalm 87:1-3. Psalms 87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains . ] It may be significant that those three are i. 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. O city of God, what glorious things are said of you! Mountains. II. Lord from heaven, a much better state than he had lost. The city of our God – Jerusalem is the place where God set forth His redemptive work. A sacred hymn and a national lyric. However, there is also much to be gained by addressing the Psalm as a whole. Well might such a theme cause his heart to glow. But being brought to a light sense of this, and finding himself stript of all the glory which the first Adam had in paradise, he has been led to seek the restoration of his nature, and has obtained of the second Adam, the. 87:7. It was a picture of things to come. What but the promise of life that was given in Christ to the elect before the world began? Psalm 8 Commentary: Structure Body of Psalm … The writer celebrates the glory of the Church, as the means of spiritual blessing to the nation. this is the `mountain' which God desireth to dwell in" ...It was emphatically the lair of the lion of Judah, of "Ariel", the Lion of God. Psalm 87 Commentary. 2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. Title “Sons of Korah” (see note on Psalm 84: Title). The Lord's people are his hidden one; the world knows them not. In this respect it concentrated in itself the character of the whole country of which it was to be the capital -- the "mountain throne", the "mountain sanctuary", of God. On the holy mount stands the city he founded;" Psalm 87:1, KJV: "{A Psalm … "In Judah is God known; his name is great in Israel. The sure decree, the divine perfections, the promise of him that cannot lie, the oath and covenant of God, and the incarnate Son himself, are the holy mountains, the perpetual hills, whose summits are gloriously crowned by the city of the Great King. Among the gods there is none like You: David’s understanding of who God is in this psalm – listening, holy, worthy of trust, merciful, good, ready to forgive – stands in contrast to the contemporary understanding of many of the pagan gods, such as Ba… YAHWEH, YOU HAVE FORGIVEN INIQUITY. In the same sense it is used for the bald head, when age or sickness has deprived it of its glory and left it without hair. --Arthur Penrhyn Stanley. the Lord’s; Proverbs 7:8, to her house, i.e. Commentary on Psalm 81:8-16 (Read Psalm 81:8-16) We cannot look for too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. But from every other side, the ascent is perpetual; and, to the traveller approaching Jerusalem from the west or east, it must always have presented the appearance, beyond any other capital of the then known world -- we may add, beyond any important city that has ever existed on the earth -- of a mountain city; breathing, as compared with the sultry plains of the Jordan or of the coast, a mountain air; enthroned, as compared with Jericho or Damascus, Gaza or Tyre, on a mountain fastness. Or the plural number is here put for the singular, whereof we have seen examples formerly; and mountains are put for the mountain; either for Mount Moriah, upon which the temple stood; or for Mount Zion, which is mentioned in the next verse; which is often taken in a large and comprehensive sense, so as to include Moriah, in which sense the temple is said to be in Zion, Psalm 74:2 76:2 Isaiah 8:18. Let us not be ashamed of the church of Christ in its meanest condition, nor of those that belong to it, since such glorious things are spoken of it. In this case, the author is David, and he’s reflecting on nature. (a) God chose that place among the hills to establish Jerusalem and his temple. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. the harlot’s, mentioned Proverbs 7:10; and especially Song of Solomon 1:2, let him kiss, to wit, my beloved, who is there understood, but not expressed till Proverbs 7:14. It is divided into three parts: … Continue reading "Commentary on Psalm 85:8-13" Verses 1-4 The … Continue reading "Commentary on Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15" California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. A psalm. Many conceive that it was written at the founding of David's city of Zion, but does not the mention of Babylon imply a later date? He loves the city of Jerusalem more than any other city in Israel. III. Psalms 89:38-52 The Apparent Suspension of The Covenant. Commentary on Psalm 87:1-3 (Read Psalm 87:1-3) Christ himself is the Foundation of the church, which God has laid. They prayed for joy, joy that can come from God’s presence in the midst of the community. 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. 2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Psalms 86:1-17 David Prays For Protection From Enemies. Yes, these are the holy mountains, whereon the city of God is built, and in which its deep and sure foundations are laid. Korah signifies the state in which trees are during winter, when stript of their verdure and fruit. The Hebrew word rendered foundation is no where used in that sense. It is said of them, “This one was born there.” Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Here His foundation is equivalent to that which He hath founded, and the gates are put by metonymy for the city itself. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Psalm 91 CONTEXT: The Septuagint (LXX: Greek version of the Old Testament) attributes this psalm to David, but that remains in question. And this wild and fastness like character of Jerusalem was concentrated yet again in the fortress, the "stronghold" of Zion. It would seem to have been written after Jerusalem and the Temple had been built, and had enjoyed a history, of which glorious things could be spoken. Ps 87:1-7. The foundation of the church, which is the mystical Jerusalem, is laid in the eternal, immutable, and invincible decrees of Jehovah. There are good reasons for each option. foundation—or, what He has founded, that is, Zion (Isa 14:32). And in particular he’s meditating on man’s place in relation to nature. On the holy mountain stands the city founded by the LORD. “Rahab is Egypt, and so called for its strength and pride. The foundation that God has given his city is in "the holy mountains." 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