Psalms 87:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 87

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

Psalms 87:4 —

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Cross-References

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Psalms 45:12
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
Isaiah 19:23-25
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. …
Psalms 68:31
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Job 9:13
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
Psalms 89:10
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

Topics

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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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. This is what is spoken by God. to them ... me--literally, “for My knowers,” they are true worshippers (Psa 36:10; Is 19:21). These are mentioned as specimens. this--that is, nation was born there--Of each it is said, “This was born,” or is a native of Zion, spiritually.