Psaumes 87

1 Psaume et cantique des fils de Koré. Les fondements de Sion sont sur les montagnes saintes.

The city that Yahweh established is on his sacred hill.

2 Le Seigneur aime ses portes plus que toutes les tentes de Jacob.

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

3 On a dit de toi des choses glorieuses, ô cité de Dieu!

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

4 Je rappellerai Raab et Babylone à ceux qui me connaissent. Et voilà que les étrangers et Tyr, et le peuple des Éthiopiens s'y sont réunis.

[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 Un homme dira: Ma mère est Sion; et cet homme y est né, et le Très-Haut lui-même en a été le fondateur.

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 Le Seigneur racontera cela dans l'écrit des peuples et des princes qui sont nés dans Sion.

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 Pour tous, habiter en toi, c'est habiter dans la joie.

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