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 וצור 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.”