Psalms 87

Psalm 87

The Joy of Living in Zion

1On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

2the Lord loves the gates of Zion[#Ps 78.67]

more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

3Glorious things are spoken of you,[#Isa 60.1]

O city of God. Selah

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

Philistia, too, and Tyre, with Cush—

“This one was born there,” they say.

5And of Zion it shall be said,[#Ps 48.8]

“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,[#Ezek 13.9]

“This one was born there.” Selah

7Singers and dancers alike say,[#Ps 36.9]

“All my springs are in you.”

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