Psalm 87: Glorious things are said of you (Melody One)
Jeff Lowe: Lead vocal, backing vocals, piano, psaltery, bass
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Glorious things are said of you,
Zion city of God;
For he has built and founded you on
Zion our God’s holy mountain,
On Zion our God’s holy mountain.
O how the Lord God he loves that place
More than the dwellings of Jacob.
So let us sing and make music to you
For ‘All my fountains they are in you.’
For ‘All of my fountains they are in you.’
Glorious things are said of you,
Zion city of God;
For he has built and founded you on
Zion our God’s holy mountain,
On Zion our God’s holy mountain.
I will record both of Rahab and Babylon
Among those who’ve turned back to me.
Tyre and Philistia along with Cush,
They once were lost but now they are free.
They once were lost but now they are free.
Glorious things are said of you,
Zion city of God
For he has built you,founded you on
Zion our God’s holy mountain.
On Zion our God’s holy mountain.
Indeed of Zion it will be said,
‘These ones have seen the new birth’.
For God the Lord has drawn them to himself
Writes their names down from the ends of the earth.
Writes their names down from all nations of earth.
Glorious things are said of you,
Zion city of God
For he has built and founded you on
Zion our God’s holy mountain.
On Zion our God’s holy mountain.
On Zion our God’s holy mountain
Psalm 87 Reflection
Psalm 87 City of God
This festival psalm looks forward to the glorious future God has planned for his holy city. Zion (Jerusalem's Temple hill) is to be the focus and capital of the nations. All are included as citizens, even old enemies like the Philistines and nations which have held Israel in bondage like Egypt and Babylonia. The Old Testament sees this triumph largely in material and geographical terms, the New in spiritual.
Lion. Handbook to the Bible 2017
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How wonderfully this prophetic psalm from the Sons of Korah has proven throughout history, to resound with truth and hope. Whether you were born or raised in Tyre with its temple prostitutes, in Nazi Germany with its demonic leader or in some Islamic enclave with its deranged rulers, individuals have been acknowledged, protected and loved by God. Such is the glorious church, the City of Zion: such is the glorious destiny for the world, revealed to these ancient temple prophets.
Ton y Cummings 2026