Psalms 87

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

“A psalm of the sons of Korah.” His foundation is in the holy mountains;

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

Jehovah loveth 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 said of thee, O city of God! (Pause)

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 name Egypt and Babylon among them that know me; Behold! Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia, —They also were born there.”

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

And of Zion it shall be said, “Men of every nation were born there, And the Most High hath established her.”

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

Jehovah, when he numbereth the nations, shall write, “These were born there!” (Pause)

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

Singers as well as dancers, —All my springs are in thee!