Psalm 87

Psalm 87

The Joy of Living in Zion

Of the Korahites. A Psalm. A Song.

¹On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

²the Lord loves the gates of Zion

more than all the dwellings of Jacob.^*

³Glorious things are spoken of you,

O city of God.   Selah^*

⁴Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;

Philistia, too, and Tyre, with Cush—

“This one was born there,” they say.

⁵And of Zion it shall be said,

“This one and that one were born in it,”

for the Most High himself will establish it.^*

⁶The Lord records, as he registers the peoples,

“This one was born there.”   Selah^*

⁷Singers and dancers alike say,

“All my springs are in you.”^*