Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
This triumphal song was probably occasioned by the same event as the forty-sixth [see on Psalms 46:1, title]. The writer celebrates the glory of the Church, as the means of spiritual blessing to the nation. (Psalms 87:1-7)
His—that is, God's
foundation—or, what He has founded, that is, Zion (Isaiah 14:32).
is in the holy mountains—the location of Zion, in the wide sense, for the capital, or Jerusalem, being on several hills.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 87:1:
Numbers 26:11
Psalms 87:1
Isaiah 14:32
Isaiah 25:6
Daniel 9:24
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