Psa 87:1, 5, 102:16 | JFB | STEP | 1. His —that is, God's foundation —or, what He has founded, that is, Zion ( ). is in the holy mountains —the location of Zion, in the wide sense, for the capital, or Jerusalem, being on several hills.

Psalms 87:1

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.

Psalms 87:5

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.

Psalms 102:16

16. When the Lord shall build—or better, "Because the Lord hath built," &c., as a reason for the effect on others; for in thus acting and hearing the humble, He is most glorious.