“His foundation is in the holy mountains.”
Psalm 87 opens with a declaration about Zion: "On the holy mount stands the city he founded; the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob." The city of Zion is presented as God's foundational establishment on the holy mountain. The statement that God loves Zion's gates more than Jacob's dwellings establishes Jerusalem's singular importance.
Church Fathers on Psalms 87:1
1. The Psalm which has just been sung is short, if we look to the number of its words, but of deep interest in its thoughts.. ..The subject of song and praise in that Psalm is a city, whose citizens are we, as far as we are Christians: whence we are absent, as long as we are mortal: whither we are tending: through whose approaches, undiscoverable among the brakes and thorns that entangle them, the Sovereign of the city made Himself a path for us to reach it. Walking thus in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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