Psalm 87:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

More versions

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite.

Psalm 87:1 Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:1

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

Psalm 121:1

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From whence does my help come?

Psalm 122:2

Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!

Psalm 42:1

As a hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God.

Psalm 68:16

Why look you with envy, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount which God desired for his abode, yea, where the Lord will dwell for ever?

Psalm 78:69

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

Isaiah 14:32

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

Isaiah 28:16

therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘He who believes will not be in haste.’

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.

Zechariah 8:3

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

Matthew 16:18

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

2 Peter 1:18

we heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.