Psalm 87
English Standard Version
Glorious Things of You Are Spoken
A Psalm of (A)the Sons of Korah. A Song.
87 On (B)the holy mount (C)stands the city he founded;
2 the Lord (D)loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
3 (E)Glorious things of you are spoken,
O (F)city of God. Selah
4 Among those who (G)know me I mention (H)Rahab and Babylon;
behold, Philistia and Tyre, with (I)Cush[a]—
“This one was born there,” they say.
5 And of Zion it shall be said,
“This one and that one were born in her”;
for the Most High himself will (J)establish her.
6 The Lord records as he (K)registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.” Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 87:4 Probably Nubia
Psaltaren 87
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Staden där folken föds på nytt
87 (A) En psalm, en sång av Koras söner.
Han har grundat sin stad
på de heliga bergen.
2 (B) Herren älskar Sions portar
mest av alla Jakobs boningar.
3 (C) Härliga ting har sagts om dig,
Guds stad. Sela
4 (D) "Jag ska räkna Rahab[a] och Babel
bland mina bekännare,
Filisteen och Tyrus
tillsammans med Kush[b].
De är födda där."
5 (E) Om Sion ska det sägas:
"Den och den är född där."
Och han, den Högste,
håller det vid makt.
6 (F) När Herren upptecknar folken
ska han räkna så:
"De är födda där." Sela
7 (G) Under sång och dans ska man säga:
"Alla mina källor har jag i dig."
Psalm 87
New International Version
Psalm 87
Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.
1 He has founded his city on the holy mountain.(A)
2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion(B)
more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are said of you,
city of God:[a](C)
4 “I will record Rahab[b](D) and Babylon
among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia(E) too, and Tyre(F), along with Cush[c]—
and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”[d](G)
5 Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
“This one and that one were born in her,
and the Most High himself will establish her.”
6 The Lord will write in the register(H) of the peoples:
“This one was born in Zion.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 87:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.
- Psalm 87:4 A poetic name for Egypt
- Psalm 87:4 That is, the upper Nile region
- 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.”
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