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Psalms 87:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.


Psalms 87:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 87:36 words
HebrewMeaning
נִ֭כְבָּדוֹתnikəbādwōt
glorious thingsverbH3513
more grievously afflict · boast · be chargeable · be dim ···
מְדֻבָּ֣רmədubār
is spokenverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
בָּ֑/ךְbākə
pron
עִ֖ירʿiyr
O city ofnounH5892
city · court · town
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֣יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
סֶֽלָהselāh
SelahparticleH5542
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 87:3

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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