תהילים 87

1 לבני-קרח מזמור שיר יסודתו בהררי-קדש

The city that Yahweh established is on his sacred hill.

2 אהב יהוה שערי ציון-- מכל משכנות יעקב

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

3 נכבדות מדבר בך-- עיר האלהים סלה

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

4 אזכיר רהב ובבל-- לידעי הנה פלשת וצר עם-כוש זה ילד-שם

[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 ולציון יאמר-- איש ואיש ילד-בה והוא יכוננה עליון

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 יהוה--יספר בכתוב עמים זה ילד-שם סלה

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 ושרים כחללים-- כל-מעיני בך

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