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Selected Verse: Psalms 87:5 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 87:5 |
Strong Concordance |
And of Zion [06726] it shall be said [0559], This and that man [0376] was born [03205] in her: and the highest [05945] himself shall establish [03559] her. |
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King James |
And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The writer resumes--
This and that man--literally, "man and man," or many (Gen 14:10; Exo 8:10, Exo 8:14), or all (Isa 44:5; Gal 3:28).
the highest . . . her--God is her protector. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And of Zion it shall be said - In respect to Zion; or, in honor of Zion. People shall regard it as a privilege to have been born in Zion. They shall speak of such a birth as a marked and honored distinction. "This and that man," etc. Designating them, or pointing them out, as having been born there. Those in a crowd, those passing along, those brought in any way to notice, will be spoken of in reference to their birth in Zion, and will be treated with a degree of favor and esteem, arising from their birth there corresponding to what those receive who are born in Egypt, Babylon, or Tyre. They will not be shunned and avoided on account of their birth as if it were ignoble, but they will be honored for it.
And the Highest himself shall establish her - Will establish Zion, or will give it prosperity and perpetuity. This, too, is what would be "said" respecting Zion by such as should speak of those born there; and it indicates
(a) their conviction that it would be permanent; and
(b) their desire that it might be: that a place so honored and distinguished might be perpetuated.
The practical truths suggested by this verse, as applied to the church, are
(1) that it is a privilege to have been born in connection with the Christian church; to have had a Christian parentage, and to have been early dedicated to God;
(2) that the time will come when this will be a ground of commendation, or when it will be spoken of as an honor, or when it will be regarded as presumptive evidence of a claim to esteem in the eyes of the world, that one was born in the church, was early devoted to God, and was trained up under the influences of religion;
(3) that the character of those who are thus born, and who are thus trained up, will constitute, in the view of the world, evidence of the stability of the church, and proof that God regards it with favor. It has not always been deemed an honor, or a passport to favor, to have been born in the church, but the time will come when this will be universally so; and, even now, no child can fully appreciate the honor and the real advantage of having been born in a family where God is served, and of having been early consecrated to God by parental purpose, by prayer, and by Christian baptism. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Inasmuch now as the nations come thus into the church (or congregation) of the children of God and of the children of Abraham, Zion becomes by degrees a church immeasurably great. To Zion, however, or of Zion (ל of reference to), shall it be said אישׁ ואישׁ ילּד־בּהּ. Zion, the one city, stands in contrast to all the countries, the one city of God in contrast to the kingdoms of the world, and אישׁ ואישׁ in contrast to זה. This contrast, upon the correct apprehension of which depends the understanding of the whole Psalm, is missed when it is said, "whilst in relation to other countries it is always only the whole nation that comes under consideration, Zion is not reckoned up as a nation, but by persons" (Hofmann). With this rendering the ילּד retires into the background; in that case this giving of prominence to the value of the individual exceeds the ancient range of conception, and it is also an inadmissible appraisement that in Zion each individual is as important as a nation as a whole. Elsewhere אישׁ אישׁ, Lev 17:10, Lev 17:13, or אישׁ ואישׁ, Est 1:8, signifies each and every one; accordingly here אישׁ ואישׁ (individual and, or after, individual) affirms a progressus in infinitum, where one is ever added to another. Of an immeasurable multitude, and of each individual in this multitude in particular, it is said that he was born in Zion. Now, too, והוּא כוננה עליון has a significant connection with what precedes. Whilst from among foreign peoples more and more are continually acquiring the right of natives in Zion, and thus are entering into a new national alliance, so that a breach of their original national friendships is taking place, He Himself (cf. Sa1 20:9), the Most High, will uphold Zion (Psa 48:9), so that under His protection and blessing it shall become ever greater and more glorious. Psa 87:6 tells us what will be the result of such a progressive incorporation in the church of Zion of those who have hitherto been far removed, viz., Jahve will reckon when He writeth down (כּתוב as in Jos 18:8) the nations; or better - since this would more readily be expressed by בּכתבו, and the book of the living (Isa 4:3) is one already existing from time immemorial - He will reckon in the list (כתוב after the form חלום, חלו, פּקוד = כּתב, Eze 13:9) of the nations, i.e., when He goes over the nations that are written down there and chosen for the coming salvation, "this one was born there;" He will therefore acknowledge them one after another as those born in Zion. The end of all history is that Zion shall become the metropolis of all nations. When the fulness of the Gentiles is thus come in, then shall all and each one as well singing as dancing say (supply יאמרוּ): All my fountains are in thee. Among the old translators the rendering of Aquila is the best: καὶ ᾄδοντες ὡς χοροί· πᾶσαι πηγαὶ ἐν σοί, which Jerome follows, et cantores quasi in choris: omnes fontes mei in te. One would rather render cholaliym, "flute-players" (lxx ὡς ἐν αὐλοῖς); but to pipe or play the flute is חלּל (a denominative from חליל), Kg1 1:40, whereas to dance is חלל (Pilel of חוּל); it is therefore = מחוללים, like לצצים, Hos 7:5. But it must not moreover be rendered, "And singers as well as dancers (will say);" for "singers" is משׁררים, not שׁרים, which signifies cantantes, not cantores. Singing as dancing, i.e., making known their festive joy as well by the one as by the other, shall the men of all nations incorporated in Zion say: All my fountains, i.e., fountains of salvation (after Isa 12:3), are in thee (O city of God). It has also been interpreted: my looks (i.e., the object on which my eye is fixed, or the delight of my eyes), or: my thoughts (after the modern Hebrew עיּן of spiritual meditation); but both are incongruous. The conjecture, too, of Bttcher, and even before him of Schnurrer (Dissertationes, p. 150), כל־מעיני, all who take up their abode (instead of which Hupfeld conjectures מעיני, all my near-dwellers, i.e., those who dwell with me under the same roof)
(Note: Hupfeld cites Rashi as having thus explained it; but his gloss is to be rendered: my whole inmost part (after the Aramaic = מעי) is with thee, i.e., they salvation.)),
is not Hebrew, and deprives us of the thought which corresponds to the aim of the whole, that Jerusalem shall be universally regarded as the place where the water of life springs for the whole of mankind, and shall be universally praised as this place of fountains. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Zion - Of Jerusalem, or the church of God. Said - It shall be acknowledged. Man - Heb. Man and man, all sorts of men without difference of nations. Establish - And this shall not be a transient, but a lasting work; Zion shall continue in its strength and fertility because the Almighty God is her founder and protector. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
This and that man was born in her - It will be an honor to any person to have been born in Zion. But how great is the honor to be born from above, and be a citizen of the Jerusalem that is from above! To be children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus! The Targum has, "David the king, and Solomon his son, were brought up here."
The Highest himself shall establish her - The Christian Church is built on the foundation of the prophets and apostles; Jesus Christ himself being the Cornerstone. |
28 There is [1762] neither [3756] Jew [2453] nor [3761] Greek [1672], there is [1762] neither [3756] bond [1401] nor [3761] free [1658], there is [1762] neither [3756] male [730] nor [2532] female [2338]: for [1063] ye [5210] are [2075] all [3956] one [1520] in [1722] Christ [5547] Jesus [2424].
5 One shall say [0559], I am the LORD'S [03068]; and another shall call [07121] himself by the name [08034] of Jacob [03290]; and another shall subscribe [03789] with his hand [03027] unto the LORD [03068], and surname [03655] himself by the name [08034] of Israel [03478].
14 And they gathered them together [06651] upon heaps [02563]: and the land [0776] stank [0887].
10 And he said [0559], To morrow [04279]. And he said [0559], Be it according to thy word [01697]: that thou mayest know [03045] that there is none like unto the LORD [03068] our God [0430].
10 And the vale [06010] of Siddim [07708] was full of [0875] slimepits [0875] [02564]; and the kings [04428] of Sodom [05467] and Gomorrah [06017] fled [05127], and fell [05307] there; and they that remained [07604] fled [05127] to the mountain [02022].
3 Therefore with joy [08342] shall ye draw [07579] water [04325] out of the wells [04599] of salvation [03444].
5 In the day [03117] of our king [04428] the princes [08269] have made him sick [02470] with bottles [02534] of wine [03196]; he stretched out [04900] his hand [03027] with scorners [03945].
40 And all the people [05971] came up [05927] after [0310] him, and the people [05971] piped [02490] with pipes [02485], and rejoiced [08056] with great [01419] joy [08057], so that the earth [0776] rent [01234] with the sound [06963] of them.
9 And mine hand [03027] shall be upon the prophets [05030] that see [02374] vanity [07723], and that divine [07080] lies [03577]: they shall not be in the assembly [05475] of my people [05971], neither shall they be written [03789] in the writing [03791] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478], neither shall they enter [0935] into the land [0127] of Israel [03478]; and ye shall know [03045] that I am the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left [07604] in Zion [06726], and he that remaineth [03498] in Jerusalem [03389], shall be called [0559] holy [06918], even every one that is written [03789] among the living [02416] in Jerusalem [03389]:
8 And the men [0582] arose [06965], and went away [03212]: and Joshua [03091] charged [06680] them that went [01980] to describe [03789] the land [0776], saying [0559], Go [03212] and walk [01980] through the land [0776], and describe [03789] it, and come again [07725] to me, that I may here cast [07993] lots [01486] for you before [06440] the LORD [03068] in Shiloh [07887].
6 The LORD [03068] shall count [05608], when he writeth up [03789] the people [05971], that this man was born [03205] there. Selah [05542].
9 We have thought [01819] of thy lovingkindness [02617], O God [0430], in the midst [07130] of thy temple [01964].
9 And Jonathan [03083] said [0559], Far be it from thee [02486]: for if I knew [03045] certainly [03045] that evil [07451] were determined [03615] by my father [01] to come [0935] upon thee, then would not I tell [05046] it thee?
8 And the drinking [08360] was according to the law [01881]; none did compel [0597]: for so the king [04428] had appointed [03245] to all the officers [07227] of his house [01004], that they should do [06213] according to every man's [0376] pleasure [07522].
13 And whatsoever man [0376] there be of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], or of the strangers [01616] that sojourn [01481] among [08432] you, which hunteth [06679] and catcheth [06718] any beast [02416] or fowl [05775] that may be eaten [0398]; he shall even pour [08210] out the blood [01818] thereof, and cover [03680] it with dust [06083].
10 And whatsoever man [0376] there be of the house [01004] of Israel [03478], or of the strangers [01616] that sojourn [01481] among [08432] you, that eateth [0398] any manner of blood [01818]; I will even set [05414] my face [06440] against that soul [05315] that eateth [0398] blood [01818], and will cut him off [03772] from among [07130] his people [05971].