Psalms 87

1 A Psalm of a Song for the sons of Core. His foundations are in the holy mountains.

לבני-קרח מזמור שיר יסודתו בהררי-קדש

2 The Lord loves the gates of Sion, more than all the tabernacles of Jacob.

אהב יהוה שערי ציון-- מכל משכנות יעקב

3 Glorious things have been spoken of you, O city of God. (Pause)

נכבדות מדבר בך-- עיר האלהים סלה

4 I will make mention of Raab and Babylon to them that know me: behold also the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: these were born there.

אזכיר רהב ובבל-- לידעי הנה פלשת וצר עם-כוש זה ילד-שם

5 A man shall say, Sion [is my] mother; and [such] a man was born in her; and the Highest himself has founded her.

ולציון יאמר-- איש ואיש ילד-בה והוא יכוננה עליון

6 The Lord shall recount [it] in the writing of the people, and of these princes that were born in her.

יהוה--יספר בכתוב עמים זה ילד-שם סלה

7 The dwelling of all within you is [as the dwelling] of those that rejoice.

ושרים כחללים-- כל-מעיני בך