The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Jacob. Jerusalem belonged to some of his children. Hence the psalmist clearly speaks of something better, even of the Church of Christ, (Berthier) which God has chosen for his spouse, having abandoned the synagogue, (Apocalypse xxi. 9.; Calmet) which was only intended to be a pedagogue. (Haydock)