Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 9:14

14. That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion : I will rejoyce in thy salvation.

(i. e.) In the great Assemblies, which were usually in the Gates. Comp. Prov. 31. 31. Isa. 3. 26. These Gates he elegantly opposeth to the former, and declareth that if he be brought off them he will go into these.

Either 1. Of Ierusalem, so called also Is[illegible: 1+ letters]. 1. 8. Zech. 9. 9. Because at this time it was subject to Zion; which at this time was the seat of the Kings Palace, and of the Ark. For Cities or Towns belonging or subject unto any Metropolis are commonly called its Daughters, as Ios. 15. 45. 2. Chron. [illegible: 1+ letters]3. 19. Psal. 48. 11. As the chief Cities are called Mothers, as 2. Sam. 20. 19. Gal. 4. 26. Or 2. Of the People who live in or belong to, or meet together for civil and religious Matters in Zion▪ For Cities are as it were Mothers to their People, giving them Birth and Breeding, and therefore the People are commonly called their Daughters. So the Name of the Daughter of Egypt, Ier. 46. 11. and of Edom, Lam. 4. 21, 22. and of Tyre, Psal. 45. 12. and of Babel, Psal. 137. 8. and of Ierusalem, Lam. 2. 13, 15. Mich. 4. 8. Are put for the People of those places.

To wit, with spiritual Joy and Thanksgiving: else it were no fit Motive to be used to God in Prayer.