Psalms 87

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

By sons of Korah. — A Psalm, a song. His foundation [is] in holy mountains.

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

Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

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

Honourable things are spoken in Thee, O 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 mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! 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

And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her.

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

Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, 'This [one] was born there.' (Selah)

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

Singers also as players on instruments, All my fountains [are] in Thee!