頌讚錫安

可拉後裔的詩。

87 耶和華的城座落在聖山上。
在雅各的住處中,
祂最喜愛錫安的門。
上帝的城啊,
人們傳揚你的榮耀。(細拉)

「我要把埃及人[a]、巴比倫人、非利士人、泰爾人和古實人列為認識我的民族,
視他們為錫安人。」
至於錫安,必有人說:
「萬族必成為城中的居民,
至高者必親自堅立這城。」
耶和華將萬民登記入冊的時候,
必把他們列為錫安的居民。(細拉)

他們跳舞歌唱說:
「我們蒙福的泉源在錫安。」

Footnotes

  1. 87·4 埃及人」希伯來文是「拉哈伯」,埃及的別名。

87 The psalm of the song of the sons of Korah. The foundaments thereof be in holy hills; (The psalm of the song for the sons of Korah. Its foundations be upon the holy hill/s;)

(and) the Lord loveth the gates of Zion, more than all the tabernacles of Jacob.

Thou city of God, without end; glorious things be said of thee. (Thou city of God; may glorious things be said of thee forever.)

I shall be mindful of Rahab, and Babylon; knowing me. Lo! aliens, and Tyre, and the people of Ethiopians; they were there. (I shall remember the people of Rahab, and of Babylon; they all know me. Lo! Philistia, and Tyre, and the Ethiopian people; they all were there.)

Whether a man shall say to Zion, And a man is born therein; and that man, (the) alder Highest, founded it? (And of Zion it shall be said, This person, and that person, were born there; and the Most High himself founded it.)

The Lord shall tell in the scriptures of (these) peoples; and of these princes, that were therein. (The Lord shall write of these peoples; and of their princes, or their leaders, who all were there.)

As the dwelling of all that be glad; is in thee. (And they all shall dance; and they shall sing, In Zion is the Source of all our blessings.)

God Loves Jerusalem

A song of the sons of Korah.

87 The Lord built Jerusalem on the holy mountain.
    He loves its gates
    more than any other place in Israel.
City of God,
    wonderful things are said about you. Selah
God says, “I will put Egypt and Babylonia
    on the list of nations that know me.
People from Philistia, Tyre and Cush
    will be born there.”

They will say about Jerusalem,
    “This one and that one were born there.
    God Most High will strengthen her.”
The Lord will keep a list of the nations.
    He will note, “This person was born there.” Selah
They will dance and sing,
    “All good things come from Jerusalem.”