“And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.”
The registration is emphasized: "The LORD records, as he registers the peoples, 'This one was born there.'" The image of divine recording or registration suggests that those who belong to Zion have their names inscribed in a divine ledger. The belonging to Zion becomes a matter of divine recognition.
Church Fathers on Psalms 87:5
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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