Psalm 87

Of the Korahites. A Psalm. A Song.

¹ On the holy mount stands the city he founded; 
²   the Lord loves the gates of Zion
   more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 
³ Glorious things are spoken of you,
   O city of God.
          Selah 

⁴ Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
   Philistia too, and Tyre, with Ethiopia^*—
   ‘This one was born there,’ they say. 

⁵ And of Zion it shall be said,
   ‘This one and that one were born in it’;
   for the Most High himself will establish it. 
⁶ The Lord records, as he registers the peoples,
   ‘This one was born there.’
          Selah 

⁷ Singers and dancers alike say,
   ‘All my springs are in you.’

New Revised Standard Version