Psalms 87

Psalms 87:1

His foundation] Gods, and his Churches.

Mountains] Moriah, and Zion. Not now in a flitting Tabernacle.

Psalms 87:3

Glorious things] See Esay LIV. and LX. and LX. and LXII. and LXV. Apoc. XXI. and XXII. And see the Observations on Josh. 10. 1.

Psalms 87:4

Rahab] So LXXXIX. 10. Esay LI. 9. See the Observations on Gen. XII. 10. Egypt is meant hereby: And the calling of Egypt to the fellowship of the Church. Of whose calling, see Esay XIX. 19, 21, 25.

to them that know me] Or among them; as of my knowne familiars.

Philistia] Palestine, the Philistines, Psal. LX. 8.

this] And the rest afore named, were born in the Citie of God; by regeneration spiritual made the sonnes of God, and of the Church, verse 5, 6. 1 Pet. I. 23. Iames I. 18. Esay XLIV. 5.

Psalms 87:7

Singers] The spiritual joy both great, and general, and of the Psalmist in particular, which shall be in those dayes, in the Church, and of, and for the Church; in an allusion haply to the Jewish service.

Springs] Of my joy, and of Gods spiritual gifts and graces also; Iohn VII. 38. Esay XII. 3. Ephes. III. 10.