“I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.”
The universal claim is asserted: "And of Zion it shall be said, 'This one and that one were born in it'; for the Most High himself will establish it." The phrase "and that one" (all peoples) were born in Zion suggests that the city transcends ethnic or political boundaries. The establishment by the Most High provides divine sanction for this universality.
Church Fathers on Psalms 87:4
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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