Psalms 87:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

A psalme, the song of the sonnes of Corach. God loueth the gates of Sion more then all the dwellynges of Iacob: for her foundations are vpon the holy hilles.

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  • Isa 28:16 : 16 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God, Beholde, I lay in Sion for a foundation a stone, euen a tryed stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: who so beleueth, let hym not be to hastie.
  • Isa 56:7 : 7 Them will I bring to my holy mountayne, & make them ioyfull in my house of prayer: their burnt offerynges and sacrifices shalbe accepted vpon myne aulter: for my house shalbe called an house of prayer for all people.
  • Zech 8:3 : 3 Thus saith the Lord: I wyl returne vnto Sion, & wyll dwell in the middest of Hierusalem: so that Hierusalem shalbe called, A faithful and true citie, the hil of the Lorde of hoastes, an holy hill.
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say also vnto thee, that thou art Peter, and vpon this rocke I wyll buylde my congregation: And the gates of hell shall not preuayle agaynst it.
  • 1 Cor 3:10-11 : 10 Accordyng to the grace of God geuen vnto me, as a wise maister builder haue I layde the foundation, and another buyldeth theron. But let euery man take heede howe he buyldeth vpon. 11 For other foundation can no man lay, then that that is layde, which is Iesus Christe.
  • Eph 2:20-22 : 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes, Iesus Christe hym selfe beyng the head corner stone, 21 In whom all the buyldyng coupled together, groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde. 22 In whom ye also are buylded together for an habitation of God through the spirite.
  • Ps 48:1-2 : 1 A song, the psalme of the children of Corach. Great is God, and hyghly to be praysed: in the citie of our Lorde, his holy hyll. 2 The hyll of Sion is fayre in situation, and the ioy of the whole earth: vpon the north syde lyeth the citie of the great king.
  • Ps 68:16 : 16 Why skyp you so the high hylles? this is the Lordes hyll in the which it pleaseth hym to dwell, yea God wyll abyde in it for euer.
  • Isa 2:2-3 : 2 And this shall come to passe in the latter dayes: the hyll of the Lordes house shalbe prepared in the heyght of the mountaynes, and shalbe hygher then the hylles, and all nations shall preasse vnto hym. 3 And a multitude of people shall go, speakyng thus one to another come, let vs ascende to the hyll of the Lorde, to the house of the God of Iacob, and he wyll instruct vs of his wayes, and we wyll walke in his pathes: for out of Sion shall come a lawe, and the worde of the Lorde from Hierusalem:
  • 1 Pet 2:4-8 : 4 To whom ye come, as vnto a lyuyng stone, disalowed of men, but chosen of God and precious: 5 And ye as lyuely stones, be you made a spirituall house, an holy priesthood, for to offer vp spirituall sacrifices, acceptable to God by Iesus Christe. 6 Wherefore it is conteyned also in the scripture: beholde, I put in Sion a stone to be laide in the chiefe corner, elect and precious, and he that beleueth on hym, shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therfore which beleue, he is precious: but vnto them whiche beleue not, the stone which the buylders refused, the same is made the head of the corner: 8 And a stone that men stumble at, and a rocke wherat they be offended, whiche stumble at the worde, and beyng disobedient, vnto the whiche thing they were euen ordeyned.
  • 2 Pet 1:18 : 18 This voyce we heard come from heauen, when we were with him in the holye mount.
  • 2 Chr 3:1 : 1 And Solomon began to buylde the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem in mount Moria where the Lorde appeared vnto Dauid his father, euen in the place that Dauid prepared in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.
  • Ps 121:1 : 1 A song of high degrees. I will lift vp myne eyes vnto the hilles: from whence my helpe shall come.

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    2for her foundations are vpon the holy hilles.

    3Uery excellent thinges are spoken of thee: O thou citie of God. Selah.

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    1A song of high degrees. They that put their trust in God be as the mount Sion: whiche may not be remoued but must stande fast for euer.

    2As for Hierusalem, hilles be rounde about it: and God is rounde about his people from this tyme foorth for euermore.

  • Ps 24:2-3
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    2For he hath laide the foundation of it vpon the seas: and he hath set it sure vpon the fluddes.

    3Who shal ascende into the hyll of God? or who shall ryse vp in his holy place?

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    69And there he buylded his temple on high: and layde the foundation of it like a grounde euer to continue.

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    15As the hyll of Basan, so is Gods hill: euen an hygh hyll, as the hyll of Basan.

    16Why skyp you so the high hylles? this is the Lordes hyll in the which it pleaseth hym to dwell, yea God wyll abyde in it for euer.

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    16Therfore thus saith the Lorde God, Beholde, I lay in Sion for a foundation a stone, euen a tryed stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: who so beleueth, let hym not be to hastie.

  • Ps 48:1-3
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    1A song, the psalme of the children of Corach. Great is God, and hyghly to be praysed: in the citie of our Lorde, his holy hyll.

    2The hyll of Sion is fayre in situation, and the ioy of the whole earth: vpon the north syde lyeth the citie of the great king.

    3God is well knowen in her palaces: as a most sure refuge.

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    2At Shalem is his tabernacle: and his dwellyng in Sion.

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    5He hath layde the earth sure vpon her foundations: that it can neuer moue at any tyme.

  • Ps 132:13-14
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    13For God hath chosen to be in Sion: he had a desire that it might be an habitation for hym.

    14This is sayeth he my rest for euer: heare I wyll dwell, for I haue a desire to it.

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    16For God wyll buylde vp Sion: to be seene in his glorious maiestie.

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    4In his hande are all the deepe corners of the earth: and the hygh toppes of hylles be his also.

  • Ps 89:11
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    11The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast layde the foundation of the rounde worlde, and of all the plentie that is therin.

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    15For to set foorth in wordes that God is vpright: he is my rocke, and no iniquitie is in hym.

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    6Saying euen I haue annointed him my kyng: vpon my holy hyll of Sion.

  • Isa 33:5
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    5The Lorde is exalted, for it is he that dwelleth on hye, he hath fylled Sion with iudgement and rygteousnesse.

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    2Cloudes and thicke darknesse are rounde about hym: iustice and iudgement are the habitation of his throne.

  • Ps 89:18
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    18For our shielde is of God: and our king is of the most holy of Israel.

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    6Thou art he who in his strength setleth fast the mountaines: and is gyrded about with power.

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    2Our feete shall stande in thy gates: O Hierusalem.

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    2God is my stony rocke & my fortresse, and my delyuerer: my Lorde, my castell in whom I wyll trust, my buckler, the horne of my saluation, & my refuge.

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    6Whereupon are the foundations set? or who layed the corner stone thereof?

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    1A prayer of Moyses the man of God. Lorde thou hast ben our habitation: from one generation to another generation.

  • Jer 17:12
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    12But thou (O Lorde) whose throne is most glorious, excellent, and of most antiquitie, which dwellest in the place of our holy rest:

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    2God is great in Sion: and high aboue all people.

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    1God raigneth, he is clothed with a glorious maiestie, God is clothed with strength: he hath girded hym selfe, he hath made the worlde so sure that it can not be moued.

    2Euer since the worlde began, thy throne hath ben set sure: thou art from euerlastyng.

  • Isa 33:16
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    16He it is that shall dwell on hye, whose safegarde shalbe in a bulwarke of rockes: to hym shalbe geuen meate, and his waters shall not fayle.

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    2Iuda was his holynesse: and Israel his dominion.

  • Ps 15:1
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    1O God, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? who shall rest vppon thy holy hyll?

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    14And vpon all the high mountaynes, and vpon all the high hilles,

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    7The earth trembled and quaked: the very foundations of the hylles tottered and shooke, because he was wroth.

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    3For if the foundations shalbe caste downe: what must the righteous do?

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    89Lamed O God: thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.

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    5But of Sion it shalbe reported, that very many be borne in her: and the most highest him selfe shall establishe her.

  • Isa 26:4
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    4Put ye your trust alway in the Lord: for in the Lorde God there is strength for euermore.

  • 2 Sam 22:2
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    2And he saide: The Lorde is my rocke, and my castell, and my delyuerer.

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    8The hilles mount aloft: and the valleys settle downe beneath vnto the place where thou hast layde a foundation for them.

  • Hab 3:6
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    6He stoode, and measured the earth, he behelde, and dissolued the nations, and the euerlasting mountaynes were broken, and the auncient hilles did bowe, his wayes are euerlasting.

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    21Blessed be God out of Sion: who dwelleth at Hierusalem. Prayse ye the Lorde.

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    5Thy testimonies are most certayne: holynesse is an ornament to thine house O God in all tymes.

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    6He buyldeth his spheres in the heauen, & hath layde the foundation of his globe of elementes on the earth: he calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out vpon the open earth, the Lorde is his name.

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    3His worke is glory and maiestie: and his righteousnes endureth for euer.