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Psalm 87:2-4
New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalm 87:2-4
New American Standard Bible 1995
2 The Lord (A)loves the gates of Zion
More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.
3 (B)Glorious things are spoken of you,
O (C)city of God. [a]Selah.
4 “I shall mention [b](D)Rahab and Babylon [c]among those who know Me;
Behold, Philistia and (E)Tyre with [d](F)Ethiopia:
‘This one was born there.’”
Footnotes
- Psalm 87:3 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
- Psalm 87:4 I.e. Egypt
- Psalm 87:4 Or as
- Psalm 87:4 Lit Cush
Psalm 87:2-4
New International Version
Psalm 87:2-4
New International Version
2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion(A)
more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.
Footnotes
- Psalm 87:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.
- Psalm 87:4 A poetic name for Egypt
- Psalm 87:4 That is, the upper Nile region
- Psalm 87:4 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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