Psalms 87

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

The city that Yahweh established is on his sacred hill.

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

He loves that city, Jerusalem, more than he loves any other city in Israel.

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

[You people in] [APO] the city that God (owns/lives in), people say wonderful things about your city.

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

[Some of those who know about God are the people of] Egypt and Babylonia, and also [the people of] Philistia and Tyre and Ethiopia; [some day they all] will say, “[Although I was not born in Jerusalem], [because I belong to Yahweh, it is as though] I was born there.”

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 concerning Jerusalem, people will say [“It is as though] everyone was born there, and Almighty God will cause that city to remain strong/safe/secure.”

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

Yahweh will write a list of [the names of] the people of various groups [who belong to him], and he will say that [he considers them] all to be citizens of Jerusalem.

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

They will all dance and sing, saying, “Jerusalem is the source of all our blessings.”