Psalm 87 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Glorious Things of You Are Spoken

Psa 87:1A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song.
On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

Psa 87:2the LORD loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

Psa 87:3Glorious things of you are spoken,
O city of God. Selah

Psa 87:4Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush[fn]—
“This one was born there,” they say.

Psa 87:5

Psa 87:5And of Zion it shall be said,
“This one and that one were born in her”;
for the Most High himself will establish her.

Psa 87:6

Psa 87:6The LORD records as he registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.” Selah

Psa 87:7

Psa 87:7Singers and dancers alike say,
“All my springs are in you.”

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ESV Footnotes

(87:4)

Probably Nubia

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