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

Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
    Philistia too, and Tyre, with Ethiopia[a]
    ‘This one was born there,’ they say.

And of Zion it shall be said,
    ‘This one and that one were born in it’;
    for the Most High himself will establish it.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 87:4 Or Nubia; Heb Cush

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