Psalms 87:2
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
KJV
Domine, Deus salutis meæ, in die clamavi et nocte coram te.
Vulgate
Κύριε ὁ θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου, ἡμέρας ἐκέκραξα καὶ ἐν νυκτὶ ἐναντίον σου·
LXX
Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
ASV
אֹהֵ֣ב יְ֭הוָה שַׁעֲרֵ֣י צִיּ֑וֹן מִ֝/כֹּ֗ל מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת יַעֲקֹֽב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן
mshkn
noun · 138×
צִיּ֔וֹן
tsyvn
proper_noun · 147×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 6:6 — But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
- Deut 12:5 — But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
- Deut 12:5 — But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
- Isa 14:32 — What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
- Joel 2:32 — And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom
- Ps 50:2 — Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
- Ps 78:67 — Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
- Ps 78:68 — But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
- Ps 132:13 — For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
- Ps 132:13 — For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
- Ps 132:14 — This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.