- “the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.” Psalm 87:2 NIV
- King David is known as a man a man after God’s heart; certainly it is reflected in the book of Psalm in his prayers
Psalms 87:1-7
[1]The Lord built his city on the sacred hill;
[2]more than any other place in Israel he loves the city of Jerusalem.
[3]Listen, city of God, to the wonderful things he says about you:
[4]“I will include Egypt and Babylonia when I list the nations that obey me; I will number among the inhabitants of Jerusalem the people of Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia.”
[5]Of Zion it will be said that all nations belong there and that the Almighty will make her strong.
[6]The Lord will write a list of the peoples and include them all as citizens of Jerusalem.
[7]They dance and sing, “In Zion is the source of all our blessings.”