Psalms 87

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

A Canticle Psalm to the sons of Korah. Its foundations are in the holy mountains:

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

the Lord loves the gates of Zion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

3 Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. (Selah)

Glorious things are being said of you, O City of God.

4 I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Look, Philistia, Tyre, and also 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 have been there.

5 Yes, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one was born in her;" the Most High himself will establish her.

Will not Zion say that this man and that man were born in her? And the Most High himself has founded her.

6 The LORD will count, when he writes up the peoples, "This one was born there." (Selah)

The Lord will explain, in the writings of peoples and of leaders, about those who have been in her.

7 And those who sing as well as the pipers: "My whole source of joy is in you."

For so the dwelling place within you is with all rejoicing.