@Ps 87:1-7. This triumphal song was probably occasioned by the same event as the forty-sixth [see on Ps 46:1, title]. The writer celebrates the glory of the Church, as the means of spiritual blessing to the nation.
1. His--that is, God's
foundation--or, what He has founded, that is, Zion (@Isa 14:32).
is in the holy mountains--the location of Zion, in the wide sense,
for the capital, or Jerusalem, being on several hills.
2. gates--for the enclosures, or city to which they opened (@Ps 9:14 122:2; compare @Ps 132:13,14).
3. spoken of thee--or, "in thee," that is, the city of God (@Ps 46:4 48:2).
4. This is what is spoken by God.
to them . . . me--literally, "for My knowers," they are true
worshippers (@Ps 36:10 Isa 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.
5. The writer resumes--
This and that man--literally, "man and man," or many
(@Ge 14:10 Ex 8:10,14), or all (Isa 44:5 Ga 3:28).
the highest . . . her--God is her protector.
6. The same idea is set forth under the figure of a register made by God (compare @Isa 4:3).
7. As in a great procession of those thus written up, or
registered, seeking Zion (@Isa 2:3 Jer 50:5), "the singers" and
"players," or pipers, shall precede.
all my springs--So each shall say, "All my sources of spiritual joy
are in Thee" (@Ps 46:4 84:6).