Salmos 87:5

Almeida Revista e Corrigida

E de Sio se dir: Este e aquele nasceram ali; e o mesmo Altssimo a estabelecer.

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
E de Sio se dir: Este e aquele homem nasceram ali; e o mesmo Altssimo a estabelecer.

Almeida Revista e Atualizada
E com respeito a Sio se dir: Este e aquele nasceram nela; e o prprio Altssimo a estabelecer.

Bible Verse Review
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of Zion: Isaiah 44:4, Isaiah 44:5, Isaiah 60:1-9, John 1:12-14, John 3:3-5, Galatians 3:26-28, Hebrews 11:32-40, Hebrews 12:1, Hebrews 12:2, Hebrews 12:22-24, 1 Peter 1:23, 1 Peter 1:24

highest: Ezekiel 48:35, Matthew 16:18, Romans 8:31

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:9 - establish 1 Kings 15:4 - and to establish 1 Chronicles 11:5 - the castle Psalms 48:8 - God Isaiah 14:32 - the Lord Jeremiah 33:2 - the maker Luke 1:76 - Highest 2 Corinthians 1:21 - stablisheth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And of Zion it shall be said,.... The same with the city of God, the church before commended:

this and that man was born in her; this and that great man, in opposition to a mean person, in the preceding verse: "or a man and man" d; men of all sorts, and of different nations, Jews and Gentiles, and great numbers of them:

and the Highest himself shall establish her; the church of God, though founded by him, and laid on a sure foundation, on the Rock of ages, against which the gates of hell cannot prevail, yet is sometimes fluctuating and unsettled;

it is tossed with tempests, the persecutions of men, the errors and heresies of false teachers, and the contentions and divisions of its own members; and is not always in one place, but is removed from one place to another, and is obliged to flee into the wilderness; but in the latter day it will be established and settled; it will be a tabernacle that shall not be taken down nor removed; but shall be established for ever, Psalms 89:37, and this is the work of God, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, whatever instruments he may make use of, as ministers of the word, and kings of the earth; as it is his work, and his only, to establish particular believers, 2 Corinthians 1:21, so it is his to establish the church in general: or it may be rendered, "he shall establish her on high" e, which will be the case when she is established upon the top of the mountains, and exalted above the hills, Isaiah 2:2.

d איש ואיש "vir et vir", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Vatablus, Gejerus, Michaelis. e So the Targum, and Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And of Zion it shall be said - In respect to Zion; or, in honor of Zion. People shall regard it as a privilege to have been born in Zion. They shall speak of such a birth as a marked and honored distinction. “This and that man,” etc. Designating them, or pointing them out, as having been born there. Those in a crowd, those passing along, those brought in any way to notice, will be spoken of in reference to their birth in Zion, and will be treated with a degree of favor and esteem, arising from their birth there corresponding to what those receive who are born in Egypt, Babylon, or Tyre. They will not be shunned and avoided on account of their birth as if it were ignoble, but they will be honored for it.

And the Highest himself shall establish her - Will establish Zion, or will give it prosperity and perpetuity. This, too, is what would be “said” respecting Zion by such as should speak of those born there; and it indicates

(a) their conviction that it would be permanent; and

(b) their desire that it might be: that a place so honored and distinguished might be perpetuated.

The practical truths suggested by this verse, as applied to the church, are

(1) that it is a privilege to have been born in connection with the Christian church; to have had a Christian parentage, and to have been early dedicated to God;

(2) that the time will come when this will be a ground of commendation, or when it will be spoken of as an honor, or when it will be regarded as presumptive evidence of a claim to esteem in the eyes of the world, that one was born in the church, was early devoted to God, and was trained up under the influences of religion;

(3) that the character of those who are thus born, and who are thus trained up, will constitute, in the view of the world, evidence of the stability of the church, and proof that God regards it with favor. It has not always been deemed an honor, or a passport to favor, to have been born in the church, but the time will come when this will be universally so; and, even now, no child can fully appreciate the honor and the real advantage of having been born in a family where God is served, and of having been early consecrated to God by parental purpose, by prayer, and by Christian baptism.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 87:5. This and that man was born in her — It will be an honour to any person to have been born in Zion. But how great is the honour to be born from above, and be a citizen of the Jerusalem that is from above! To be children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus! The Targum has, "David the king, and Solomon his son, were brought up here."

The Highest himself shall establish her. — The Christian Church is built on the foundation of the prophets and apostles; Jesus Christ himself being the Cornerstone.