The Book of Psalms

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- Chapter 87 -

The Lord loves the gates of Zion

The city is established on his holy mountain.

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

All you people in Jerusalem, other people say wonderful things about your city.

And Yahweh said, “I will talk of Rahab and Babylon and the people there who know me. There are some who know me among the people of Egypt and Babylonia, and they live in the lands of Philistia and Tyre and Ethiopia, and they will say, ‘Our home is Jerusalem and our land is Zion.’”

Concerning Zion, people will say, “All of these people who were born far away, they call Jerusalem their home, and God Almighty will cause that city to remain strong.”

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.

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

The Lord loves the gates of Zion

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.

I will record Rahab

(a)

and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This one was born there.”

Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her.

The LORD will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.

Those who sing as well as those who dance say, “All my springs are in you.”

Footnotes

(a)87:4 Rahab is a reference to Egypt.