Psalms 87

1 “By the sons of Korach; a psalm or song.” It is founded by him on 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 those that know me; behold, here is Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: “This man 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 will it be said, “This and that man were 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 will number when he writeth down nations. “This man 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 the singers as well as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs [of joy] are in thee.

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