Psalmorum 87

1 Filiis Core. Psalmus cantici. [Fundamenta ejus in montibus sanctis;

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

2 diligit Dominus portas Sion super omnia tabernacula Jacob.

Jehovah loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

3 Gloriosa dicta sunt de te, civitas Dei!

Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. (Selah)

4 Memor ero Rahab et Babylonis, scientium me; ecce alienigenæ, et Tyrus, et populus Æthiopum, hi fuerunt illic.

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among those who know me. Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This man was born there.

5 Numquid Sion dicet: Homo et homo natus est in ea, et ipse fundavit eam Altissimus?

Yea, of Zion it shall be said, this and that man was born in her, and the Most High himself will establish her.

6 Dominus narrabit in scripturis populorum et principum, horum qui fuerunt in ea.

Jehovah will count when he writes up the peoples: This man was born there. (Selah)

7 Sicut lætantium omnium habitatio est in te.]

Those who sing as well as those who dance shall say, All my fountains are in thee.