Psalm 87

Zion is God's holy city

¹The Lord built his city on the holy mountain.

²The Lord loves Zion city,

more than any other place where Jacob's descendants live.

³People say great things about you!

You are God's own city!

⁴I will speak about the nations that serve God.

Rahab and Babylon are now among them,

also Philistia, Tyre and Ethiopia.

They say about themselves,

‘This man was born in Zion.’

⁵They say this about Zion:

‘Each one of these people was born there.’

It is the Most High God who makes that city strong.

⁶The Lord will write a list of all their names.

For the people from different nations,

he will say, ‘This person was born in Zion.’

⁷The singers and the musicians will say,

‘All our blessings come from you, Zion.’