Salmenes 87

1 Av Korahs barn; en salme, en sang. Den stad han har grunnfestet på de hellige berg,

The city that Yahweh established is on his sacred hill.

2 Sions porter elsker Herren fremfor alle Jakobs boliger.

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

3 Herlige ting er sagt om dig, du Guds stad. (Sela)

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

4 Jeg nevner Rahab og Babel blandt dem som kjenner mig; se filisteren og tyrieren med etioperen: Denne er født der.

[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 Og om Sion skal det sies: Hver og en er født der. Og han, den Høieste, gjør det fast.

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 Herren skal telle når folkene blir opskrevet, og si: Denne er født der. (Sela)

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 Og de som synger og danser, skal si: Alle mine kilder er i dig.

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