Psalms 87

1 A song. A psalm of the descendants of Korah. The Lord founded the city on his holy mountain.

Psalmus Cantici, filiis Core. Fundamenta eius in montibus sanctis:

2 Jerusalem is the city that the Lord loves more than any other city in Israel.

diligit Dominus portas Sion super omnia tabernacula Iacob.

3 Many wonderful things are said of you, city of God! (Selah)

Gloriosa dicta sunt de te, civitas Dei.

4 I mention Egypt and Babylon as those who know me, and in addition Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia—“this man was born there.”

Memor ero Rahab, et Babylonis scientium me. Ecce alienigenae, et Tyrus, et populus Aethiopum, hi fuerunt illic.

5 It will be said concerning Jerusalem, “Everyone was born there,” and the Most High will make it secure.

Numquid Sion dicet: Homo, et homo natus est in ea: et ipse fundavit eam Altissimus?

6 When the Lord registers the nations, he will write, “They were born there.” (Selah)

Dominus narrabit in scripturis populorum, et principum: horum, qui fuerunt in ea.

7 Singers and dancers alike say, “Living here I am at home.”

Sicut laetantium omnium habitatio est in te.