USB ~ Psalms 87

1 aA psalm of the Korahites. A song. His foundation is on holy mountains,

2 The LORD loves the gates† of Zion more than any dwelling in Jacob.

3 Glorious things are said of you, O city of God! Selah

4 Rahab and Babylon I count among those who know me. See, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia, “This one was born there.”

5 †And of Zion it will be said: “Each one was born in it.” b The Most High will establish it; c

6 the LORD notes in the register of the peoples: “This one was born there.” d Selah

7 So singers and dancers: “All my springs are in you.” e

†. Psalm 87 A song of Zion, like Ps 46; 48; 76; 132.

†. 87:2 The gates: the city itself, a common Hebrew idiom.

†. 87:5-6 The bond between the exile and the holy city was so strong as to override the exile’s citizenship of lesser cities.