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Psalms 87:7
Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist (or the community of Zion) proclaims in a celebratory, forward-looking moment about the future enrollment of all peoples in Zion (v. 6). The singers and pipers serve as the collective mouthpiece of this declaration.
The words — מַעְיָנַי (ma'aynay, "my springs") carries the verse: the root ma'ayan denotes a natural spring or fountain, and the first-person possessive makes the joy personal and owned rather than abstract.
The thread — The image of springs as the source of joy and life recurs in Psalms 36:9 ("the fountain of life") and Isaiah 12:3 ("springs of salvation"), and finds its New Testament counterpart in John 1:16 ("from His fullness").
Why it lands — The verse claims that the totality of a person's joy is located in God, not in circumstances. It asks the reader to test whether their joy is actually rooted there or merely passing through.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
Cross-references
- Psalms 36:9 For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- John 1:16 From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
- Isaiah 12:3 With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
- Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
- John 4:14 But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Revelation 21:6 And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
- Revelation 22:1 Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
- 2 Samuel 6:14 And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,
- 1 Chronicles 23:5 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
- John 7:37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.