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.