but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
Psalm 87:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord loves the gates of Zion [through which the crowds of pilgrims enter from all nations] more than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel). American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob. Common English Bible The LORD loves Zion’s gates more than all of Jacob’s houses combined. Catholic Public Domain Version O Lord, God of my salvation: I have cried out, day and night, in your presence. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee. |
but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
What will one answer the messengers of the nation? “The Lord has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”
It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it,
And it shall come to pass that all who call upon the name of the Lord shall be delivered; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.
But you shall seek the place which the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there; thither you shall go,