Psalms 87

Zion the True Birthplace

1A psalm of the Korahites. A song.[#Ps 76:2–3; 78:68–69.]

His foundation is on holy mountains,

2The Lord loves the gates of Zion[#: the city itself, a common Hebrew idiom.]

more than any dwelling in Jacob.

3Glorious things are said of you,

O city of God!

4Rahab and Babylon I count

among those who know me.

See, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia,

“This one was born there.”

5And of Zion it will be said:[#The bond between the exile and the holy city was so strong as to override the exile’s citizenship of lesser cities.]

“Each one was born in it.”

The Most High will establish it;

6the Lord notes in the register of the peoples:

“This one was born there.”

7So singers and dancers:

“All my springs are in you.”

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