1His foundation is in the holy mountains.
2The Lord loves the gates of
Zion
More than all the dwellings of
Jacob.
3Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God! Selah
4“I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to those who know Me;
Behold, O Philistia and Tyre,
with Ethiopia:
‘This one was born
there.’ ”
5And of Zion it will be said,
“This one and that one were
born in her;
And the Most High Himself
shall establish her.”
6The Lord will record,
When He registers the peoples:
“This one was born there.” Selah
7Both the singers and the players on instruments say,
“All my springs are in you.”
Commentary
Vs. 1-3 1His foundation is in the holy mountains.
2The Lord loves the gates of
Zion
More than all the dwellings of
Jacob.
3Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God! Selah
This Psalm celebrates the city of God, not only Zion on earth, but the heavenly Jerusalem that is come (see Rev. 21:1-26)! It opens with a declaration that God’s foundation is in the holy mountains, for He has founded it there and made holy the place where He resides (Vs. 1). Of course, then He loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob (i.e., Israel), because from the beginning, long before David by will of God even set his heart upon it, God knew it and choose it so that His dwelling would be there. And because this is where God will reside on earth with redeemed mankind (see Rev. 21:1-4), glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God!? For again God’s Presence there completely sanctifies and will beautify it forever!
Vs. 4 “I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to those who know Me;
Behold, O Philistia and Tyre,
with Ethiopia:
‘This one was born
there.’ ”
Having glorifying His Place, now both Rahab (i.e., Egypt) and Babylon are mentioned as being known by God. Now these were the two greatest Gentile kingdoms in the ancient era, also mentioned are Israel’s arch nemesis Philistia, here aligned with Tyre and Ethiopia, which apparently have also turned to the Lord in faith, for the Lord says of them to His people of them, “This one was born there.” These then must be some of the nations of Christ’s Millennial Reign that He will Reign over.
Vs. 5 And of Zion it will be said,
“This one and that one were
born in her;
And the Most High Himself shall establish her.”
Zion
is now singled out as the spiritual birthplace of not only nations, but many
people, for individuals from all nations shall flow to Zion seeking the Lord and
they shall find Him (consider Isaiah 2:1-4). For it will be the Most High
Himself who shall establish her.
Vs. 6 The Lord will record,
When He registers the peoples:
“This one was born there.” Selah
All people then who come home to Christ shall be recorded in God’s Book. They shall be known by Him, for God shall declare them as His own when He registers the peoples, saying, his one was born there.” And so, even in midst of the Old Testament hostilities, God was not only preparing His Sons Kingdom, but also foretelling us of the many peoples, His former enemies, who will be registered as His own during Christ's Reign. The invitation to new and everlasting life through the Lord Jesus Christ then goes out to everybody here and now, to believe Him and receive Him for yourselves!
Vs. 7 Both the singers and the players on instruments say,
“All my springs are in you.”
With the Lord's heavenly Jerusalem descended on earth as the capital of the world, as the pinnacle city of His Kingdom, it will be a place of perpetual joy and singing. None of the sorrows and tragedies that the earthly Jerusalem knew will be known by anyone there. Everyone there will say, "All my springs are in you.”
Scripture Quotations
New King James (1982): Thomas Nelson.
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