Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

In Babylon the whole Philistia entire with Kush this one was born there they say I'm

of Zion it shall be said this one and that one were born in her for the most high

himself will establish her the Lord records as he registers the peoples this one

was born there singers and dancers alike say all my springs are in you so

here's the picture and you may have missed it because it is a little hard to

follow just hearing the song but basically in the first three verses you see

this picture of the temple the gates of Zion in Jerusalem where God's glory

dwells among his people and glorious things are spoken of God in Jerusalem in the

temple on the holy mount and you get down to verse seven even kind of bookends

on the chapter you see singers and dancers saying all my springs are in you it's

this picture of just the fountain of God's goodness and glory that flows from

the temple from Jerusalem from the place where God's glory dwells among his

people but not just his people in the middle so verses four through six we see

reference to specific people but listen to the description because it's not like

tribes in Israel that are mentioned here it's among those who know me I

mentioned Rahab which is a picture of Egypt Babylon the Listia tire cush these

were all Gentile nations and the whole picture and to get to verse six is the

Lord records as he registers the peoples this one was born there and the

Psalm is a reminder that God's glory is not just intended to flow among his

people from Jerusalem from Zion God's glory is intended to flow to all the

nations to spread to all the peoples God knows where every single people group

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