Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 87:4

4 I will make mention of Rahab , and Babylon , to them that know me : behold , Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia : this man was born there .

(i. e.) I will reckon or account them in the number of my Children and Subjects.

(i. e.) Egypt, so called Psal. 89. 10. Isa. 51. 9. but whether from its pride or natural strength, or figure or shape, is not material.

Under these two and Philistia, the old and constant enemies of Israel, he seems to understand all the keenest enemies of the Israel or Church of God, who shall now be not onely reconciled but united to them; which also was foretold under the similitude of the wolfs dwelling with the lamb, &c. Isa. 11. 6.

Or with or among them, as the prefix [illegible: 1+ letters]amed is frequently used.

To wit, truly, clearly, affectionately and practically, so as to love, serve and obey me, as this Phrase is very frequently used in Scripture. And upon this account, not onely Heathens, but wicked Israelites are said not to know God, as 1 Sam. 2. 12. and oft elsewhere.

The notice of it as a thing new and strange and comfortable.

The Nations on every side of them, for T[illegible: 1+ letters]rus was on the North, Ethiopia or Arabia (for that seems rather to be meant by C[illegible: 1+ letters]sh, as hath been before observed) on the South, those nearest to them, and those more remote from them, that lived in the uttermost parts of the earth, as this very Land is called, Matt. 12. 42.

Or, saying this man, &c. for this cohereth with the first words thus, I will make mention of Ra[illegible: 1+ letters]ab, &c. saying, this man (i. e. these Men or People now mentioned, the singular number put collectively for the plural; and the Scripture oft speaks of a Nation as of one man, as Psal. 25. 22. and 130, 8. was born there▪ or, in her, as it is expressed, Verse 5. to wit, in Zion, born by Adoption and Regeneration. See Ioh. 1. 12. and 3. 3, 7. Gal. 3. 26. and 4. 26. 1 Pet. 1. 23. The Gentiles shall be ingraffed into the Jewish Church, and into all their Priviledges.

Marginal references: Psal. 89. 10. [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1+ letters]1. 9.