¹High upon his hills of holiness stands God’s city.[#87:1 The Aramaic reads “His foundations are in his holy mountains.”]

²How God loves the gates of Zion, his favorite place on earth.[#87:2 Or “The Lord loves Zion’s gates more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.”]

³So many glorious things have been proclaimed

over Zion, God’s holy city!

⁴For the Lord says, “Here are the nations

who will acknowledge me as God:

Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, and the Mediterranean people,

even distant Ethiopia.

They will all boast, ‘I was born in Zion!’ ”

⁵But over Zion it will be said,

“The mighty Man was born there, and he will establish it.”

For the God Most High will truly bless Jerusalem.

⁶And when he counts her citizens, recording them in his registry,

he will write by their names: “This one was born again here!”

⁷And the princes of God’s feasts will sing and dance, singing,[#87:7 As translated from the Aramaic.]

“Every fountain of delight springs up from your life within me!”