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4I will make mention{H8686)} of Rahab and Babylon to them that know{H8802)} me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born{H8795)} there.

Psalms 87:4

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  • And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

  • In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. …

  • Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

  • If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

  • Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-7)

Zion is here compared with other places, and preferred before them; the church of Christ is more glorious and excellent than the nations of the earth. 1. It is owned that other places have their glories (Ps. 87:4): “ I will make mention of Rahab ” (that is, Egypt) “and Babylon, to those that know me and are about me, and with whom I discourse about public affairs; behold Philistia and Tyre, with E…

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