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Psalm 87 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:1 - Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song. He has founded his city on the holy mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:2 - The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:3 - Glorious things are said of you, city of God:[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:4 - “I will record Rahab[fn] and Babylon among those who acknowledge me— Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush[fn]— and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:5 - Indeed, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High himself will establish her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:6 - The LORD will write in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:7 - As they make music they will sing, “All my fountains are in you.”
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NIV Footnotes
The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.
A poetic name for Egypt
That is, the upper Nile region
Or “I will record concerning those who acknowledge me: / ‘This one was born in Zion.’ / Hear this, Rahab and Babylon, / and you too, Philistia, Tyre and Cush.”
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Psalm Chapter 87 — Additional Translations:

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