Psalm 87

The Joy of Living in Zion

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

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

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

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