Psalm 87

The Glorious City

¹The city he founded is on the holy mountains.

²The Lord loves the gates of Zion

more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.

³Glorious things are spoken about you, O City of God. Interlude

⁴I will register Rahab and Babylon among those who know me.[#87:4 here is a name for Egypt, which is pictured as a sea monster.]

Look! Philistia and Tyre are there, along with Cush!

Of them I say, “This one was born there in Zion.”

⁵And about Zion it will be said,

“This one and that one were born in her,

and the Most High himself will establish her.”

⁶When he registers the peoples,

the Lord will write:

“This one was born there.” Interlude

⁷Then the singers, as they dance, will sing,

“All my springs are in you.”