Psalms 87

1 For the sons of Core, a psalm of a canticle. The foundations thereof are in the holy mountains:

[A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song.] His foundation is in the holy mountains.

2 The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

Jehovah loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

3 Glorious things are said of thee, O city of God.

Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. (Selah)

4 I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, these were there.

I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Look, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: "This one was born there."

5 Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? and the Highest himself hath founded her.

Yes, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one was born in her;" the Most High himself will establish her.

6 The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, of them that have been in her.

Jehovah will count, when he writes up the peoples, "This one was born there." (Selah)

7 The dwelling in thee is as it were of all rejoicing.

And those who sing as well as the pipers: "My whole source of joy is in you."