Psalm 87:1

New English Translation

The Lord’s city is in the holy hills.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:1

Solomon began building the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Psalm 121:1

I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come?

Psalm 122:2

Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

Psalm 42:1

As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!

Psalm 68:16

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the Lord will live there permanently!

Psalm 78:69

He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.

Isaiah 14:32

How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says: “Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.

Isaiah 56:7

I will bring them to my holy mountain; I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.”

Zechariah 8:3

The Lord says, ‘I have returned to Zion and will live within Jerusalem. Now Jerusalem will be called “truthful city,” “mountain of the Lord who rules over all,” “holy mountain.”’

Matthew 16:18

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

2 Peter 1:18

When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves heard it, for we were with him on the holy mountain.