Psalm 87

In Praise of Jerusalem^f

87 The Lord built his city on the sacred hill;^g

²more than any other place in Israel

he loves the city of Jerusalem.

³Listen, city of God,

to the wonderful things he says about you:

⁴“I will include Egypt and Babylonia

when I list the nations that obey me;

I will number among the inhabitants of Jerusalem

the people of Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia.”^h

⁵Of Zion it will be said

that all nations belong there

and that the Almighty will make her strong.

⁶The Lord will write a list of the peoples

and include them all as citizens of Jerusalem.

⁷They dance and sing,

“In Zion is the source of all our blessings.”