Levite Sings with a Harp at Jerusalem's Gateby emmanuel_higgins

Psalms 87:2

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

The divine love rests with special favor upon the gates of Zion, above all the other dwellings belonging to Jacob. That Zion is the holy mountain on which the Lord's own foundation is laid. It is the city of God, known as the place concerning which glorious things are spoken.