The Lord (A)loves the gates of Zion
More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.
(B)Glorious things are spoken of you,
O (C)city of God. [a]Selah.
“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.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 87:3 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
  2. Psalm 87:4 I.e. Egypt
  3. Psalm 87:4 Or as
  4. Psalm 87:4 Lit Cush

The Lord loves the gates of Zion(A)
    more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.

Glorious things are said of you,
    city of God:[a](B)
“I will record Rahab[b](C) and Babylon
    among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia(D) too, and Tyre(E), along with Cush[c]
    and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”[d](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 87:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.
  2. Psalm 87:4 A poetic name for Egypt
  3. Psalm 87:4 That is, the upper Nile region
  4. 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.”