Psalms 87

The Joy of Living in Zion

¹On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

²the Lord loves the gates of Zion

more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

³Glorious things are spoken of you,

O city of God. Selah

⁴Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;

Philistia too, and Tyre, with Ethiopia —

“This one was born there,” they say.

⁵And of Zion it shall be said,

“This one and that one were born in it”;

for the Most High himself will establish it.

⁶The Lord records, as he registers the peoples,

“This one was born there.” Selah

⁷Singers and dancers alike say,

“All my springs are in you.”