Psalms 87

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

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

2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

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

3 Glorious things are spoken of Thee, O city of God. (Selah)

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

4 'I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know Me; behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this one was born there.'

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.

5 But of Zion it shall be said: 'This man and that was born in her; and the Most High Himself doth establish her.'

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

6 The LORD shall count in the register of the peoples: 'This one was born there.' (Selah)

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

7 And whether they sing or dance, all my thoughts are in Thee.

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