Psalms 87

1 to/for son: descendant/people Korah melody song foundation his in/on/with mountain holiness

A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A song. He has founded His city on the holy mountains.

2 to love: lover LORD gate Zion from all tabernacle Jacob

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

3 to honor: honour to speak: speak in/on/with you city [the] God (Selah)

Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God.

4 to remember Rahab and Babylon to/for to know me behold Philistia and Tyre with Cush this to beget there

“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me— along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”

5 and to/for Zion to say man and man to beget in/on/with her and he/she/it to establish: establish her Most High

And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”

6 LORD to recount in/on/with to write people this to beget there (Selah)

The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.”

7 and to sing like/as to play flute all spring my in/on/with you

Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”