Psalms 87

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

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

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

Yahweh 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 spoken about you, city of God. (Selah)

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

I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This one 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

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

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

Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” (Selah)

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

Those who sing as well as those who dance say, “All my springs are in you.”