“The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.”
The celebration is envisioned: "Singers and dancers alike say, 'All my springs are in you.'" The joyful celebration of Zion's people (singers and dancers) expresses that all blessings and life-giving resources flow from the city. The springs imagery suggests fertility, abundance, and the giving of life.
Church Fathers on Psalms 87:6
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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