Psalm 87:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ His foundation is in the holy mountains.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ ON THE holy hills stands the city [of Jerusalem and the temple] God founded.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ His foundation is in the holy mountains.

Common English Bible

¹ God’s foundation is set on the holy mountains.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ A Canticle Psalm to the sons of Korah. Unto the end. For Mahalath, to answer the understanding of Heman the Ezrahite.

Psalm 87:1 Cross References

Isaiah 56:7

these I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

Isaiah 28:16

therefore thus says the Lord God, “See, I am laying in Zion a foundation stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: ‘One who trusts will not panic.’

Matthew 16:18

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

Zechariah 8:3

Thus says the Lord: I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts shall be called the holy mountain.

2 Peter 1:18

We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain.

Psalm 68:16

Why do you look with envy, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, where the Lord will reside forever?

2 Chronicles 3:1

Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had designated, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Psalm 121:1

I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come?

Psalm 42:1

As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.

Psalm 78:69

He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever.

Psalm 122:2

Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.

Isaiah 14:32

What will one answer the messengers of the nation? “The Lord has founded Zion, and the needy among his people will find refuge in her.”