--- title: "Psalms 87 - Study King James Bible with ellicotts commentary for english readers" description: "Read Psalms 87 with ellicotts commentary for english readers commentary. 1 His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee," image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/ellicotts-commentary-for-english-readers/psalms/87" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/87)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/87)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/87) Audio 1 His foundation *is* in the holy mountains.* 2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this *man* was born there. 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. 6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, *that* this *man* was born there. Selah. 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments *shall be there:* all my springs *are* in thee. [Psalms 86](/study/psalms/86) [Psalms 88](/study/psalms/88) ## Commentary To verse 1 (1) **His foundation.**—This abrupt commencement with a clause without a verb has led to the conjecture that a line has dropped away. But this is unnecessary if we neglect the accents, and take *gates of Zion*in apposition with *His foundation:* His foundation on the holy hill Loveth Jehovah, (even) Zion’s gates, More than all Jacob’s dwellings. Here *His foundation*is equivalent to *that which He********hath founded,*and the gates are put by metonymy for the city itself. (Comp. [Jeremiah 14:2](/kjv/jeremiah/14/2).) With regard to the plural, *mountains,*it is probably only poetical, though geographically it is correct to speak of Jerusalem as situated on hills. 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