Psalms 87:2 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 87:2

The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

KJV

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ASV

Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.

WEB

The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

YLT

Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

DBT

Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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18 verses on the floor

Deuteronomy 12:5
But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
Psalms 132:13–14
For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Psalms 78:68
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Psalms 78:67–69
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
Psalms 132:14
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

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(2.) Yet he loves the gates of Zion better, not only better than any, but better than all, of the dwellings of Jacob. God was worshipped in the dwellings of Jacob, and family-worship is family-duty, which must by no means be neglected; yet, when they come in competition, public worship ( cæteris paribus--other things being equal ) is to be preferred before private.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Zion - That is, Zion itself, or Jerusalem, which was built upon and near Mount Zion. He saith Zion rather than Jerusalem, to intimate that he loved Jerusalem for Zion's sake, or for the temple, which he chose for his peculiar dwelling place.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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