Psalms 87 (GNV)

Chapter Text

87:1 A Psalme or song committed to the sonnes of Korah. God layde his foundations among the holy mountaines.

87:2 The Lord loueth the gates of Zion aboue all the habitations of Iaakob.

87:3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O citie of God. Selah.

87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babel among them that knowe me: beholde Palestina and Tyrus with Ethiopia, There is he borne.

87:5 And of Zion it shall be sayde, Many are borne in her: and he, euen the most High shall stablish her.

87:6 The Lord shall count, when hee writeth the people, He was borne there. Selah.

87:7 Aswell the singers as the players on instruments shall prayse thee: all my springs are in thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "psalme", "song", "committed", "sonnes", "korah", "layde", "foundations", and "holy". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "psalme" and "song", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "psalme" and "song" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "psalme" and "song" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.