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Psalms 87:1 — King James Version← Study notes

His foundation is in the holy mountains.


Psalms 87:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 87:17 words
HebrewMeaning
לִ/בְנֵיlibənēy
of the sons ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
קֹ֭רַחqōraḥ
KorahnounH7141
מִזְמ֣וֹרmizəmwōr
a psalmnounH4210
שִׁ֑ירšiyr
a songnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
יְ֝סוּדָת֗/וֹyəswdātwō
foundation hisnounH3248
בְּ/הַרְרֵיbəharərēy
is among the mountains ofpronH2042
mount
קֹֽדֶשׁqōdeš
holinessnounH6944
dedicated · hallowed · holiness · holy ( day ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 87 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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