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Psalm 87:5

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87:5But it is said of Zion’s residents,9

“Each one of these10 was born in her,

and the sovereign One11 makes her secure.”12

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Footnotes

  1. 9 Heb “and of Zion it is said.” Another option is to translate, “and to Zion it is said.” In collocation with the Niphal of אָמַר (’amar), the preposition lamed (-לְ) can introduce the recipient of the statement (see Josh 2:2; Jer 4:11; Hos 1:10; Zeph 3:16), carry the nuance “concerning, of” (see Num 23:23), or mean “be named” (see Isa 4:3; 62:4).
  2. 10 Heb “a man and a man.” The idiom also appears in Esth 1:8. The translation assumes that the phrase refers to each of Zion’s residents, in contrast to the foreigners mentioned in v. 4. Those advocating the universalistic interpretation understand this as a reference to each of the nations, including those mentioned in v. 4.
  3. 11 Traditionally “Most High.”
  4. 12 Heb “and he makes her secure, the Most High.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And of Zion it shall be said,

“This one and that one were born in her”;

for the Most High himself will establish her.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Indeed, of Zion it will be said,

“This one and that one were born in her,

and the Most High himself will establish her.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And it will be said of Zion,

“This one and that one were born in her.”

The Most High himself will establish her.

NLTNew Living Translation

Regarding Jerusalem it will be said,

“Everyone enjoys the rights of citizenship there.”

And the Most High will personally bless this city.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But with respect to Zion it shall be said,

“Each one was born in her,”

for the Most High himself will establish her.

KJV 1900King James Version

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her:

And the highest himself shall establish her.