Psalms 87:3
“Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.”
What does Psalms 87:3 mean?
Jerusalem is being celebrated here as a place where God's presence dwells, and the psalmist wants us to notice something wonderful: people speak of this city with reverence and awe. The "glorious things" aren't just about impressive buildings or military power, but about spiritual significance, the sense that God is actually at work there. That little word "Selah" is an invitation to pause and let the truth sink in, to sit with the weight of what it means to belong to a place marked by God's presence. Whether you think of Jerusalem literally or understand it as representing God's people and kingdom, the deeper meaning is that there's something genuinely magnificent about being connected to God's purpose.