Psalms 87:6 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 87:6

The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

KJV

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ASV

Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. [Selah

WEB

The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah

YLT

Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, `This one was born there.' Selah.

DBT

Jehovah will count, when he inscribeth the peoples, This [man] was born there. Selah.

About this book

Old Testament

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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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Cross-references

13 verses on the floor

Isaiah 4:3
And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
Luke 10:20
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Revelation 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Ezekiel 13:9
And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.
Philippians 4:3
And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

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Voices3

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17 , "This is Zion whom no man seeketh after"), yet God had done great things for her, and spoken glorious things of her, which should all have their perfection and accomplishment in the gospel-church; to that therefore we must have an eye in singing this psalm. A psalm or song for the sons of Korah. 1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, and where thou was born. Let those that dwell in Zion mark this, and live up to their profession. (4.) Zion's songs shall be sung with joy and triumph: As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there to praise God,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

When - When God, the maker and governor of this city shall take a survey of all his citizens. It is an allusion to princes or governors of cities that use to write and keep a register of all their people.

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

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Word trails from this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 87:6LUK 10:20 REV 21:27
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
PSA 87:6PHP 4:3 LUK 10:20
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 87:6LUK 10:20 REV 20:15
PSA 87:6LUK 10:20 MAT 7:22-23
PSA 87:6LUK 10:20 REV 20:12
PSA 87:6REV 20:15 JHN 3:36
PSA 87:6LUK 10:20 HEB 12:23
PSA 87:6REV 20:15 MAT 13:50

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