Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 87:2

2 The LORD loveth the gates c of Zion , more than all the dwellings of Jacob .

Largely so called, as was now said, to wit, of Ierusalem, which was built upon and near Mount Zion. He saith Zion rather than Ierusalem, to intimate that he loved Ierusalem for Zions sake, or for the Temple which is oft said to be in Zion; which place he loved and chose for his peculiar dwelling place.

More than all other places of the Land of Canaan in which the Israelites dwelt. For although the Tabernacle was for a season in some other parts of the Land, yet the Temple, the place of God's fixed residence, was no where but in this City.

e (i. e.) The City gates being oft put for cities, as Deut. 15. 7. and 16. 5. Psal. 9. 14.