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Psalm 87:7

Those who sing as well as those who dance say, “All my springs are in you.”

5Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her.
6The LORD will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.
7Those who sing as well as those who dance say, “All my springs are in you.”
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Singing and dancing gather around one claim about Zion, “All my springs are in you,” linking public praise with the sources that sustain life.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 36:9For with you is the spring of life. In your light we will see light.Both passages use a spring as an image of life's source, with Psalm 36 naming God as the one with whom it is found.
John 1:16The connection is broad: Psalm 87 celebrates springs as a source of abundance, while John speaks of receiving grace from his fullness.
Isaiah 12:3Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.Springs accompany singing and dancing in Psalm 87, while Isaiah joins drawing water from salvation's wells with joy.
Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.Both passages join shared speech with water imagery: singers proclaim their springs, and the Spirit and bride summon the thirsty.
John 4:14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing …Psalm 87 celebrates springs in Zion; Jesus describes his gift as a well of water springing up to eternal life.
Revelation 21:6He said to me, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.Both texts speak of a spring as a source of life, with Revelation making the gift to the thirsty explicit.
Revelation 22:1He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,Psalm 87 locates springs in Zion, while Revelation locates the river of life at the throne of God and the Lamb.
1 Chronicles 23:5four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”Both passages include musical praise, with singers in Psalm 87 and instruments used to praise the LORD in Chronicles.
2 Samuel 6:14David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.Dancing belongs to the celebration in both passages, with Samuel naming David as dancing before the LORD.
Revelation 14:1–3I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written …Zion is the shared place: Psalm 87 celebrates its springs, while Revelation shows the Lamb standing on Mount Zion.
John 7:37–39Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!Water is the shared image: Psalm 87 celebrates springs, while Jesus tells anyone who is thirsty to come to him and drink.
John 4:10Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you …Psalm 87's springs and Jesus' offer of living water share the image of water as a source of life.
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Read Psalm 87:5–7 aloud, then sing its closing line

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Encouragement

You need no skill in singing or dancing to attend to this praise: the singers celebrate their springs in Zion, the city the Most High himself establishes.

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