Psalms 87

1 A Psalm of a Song for the sons of Core. His foundations are in the holy mountains.

לבני קרח מזמור שיר יסודתו בהררי קדש׃

2 The Lord loves the gates of Sion, more than all the tabernacles of Jacob.

אהב יהוה שערי ציון מכל משכנות יעקב׃

3 Glorious things have been spoken of you, O city of God. (Pause)

נכבדות מדבר בך עיר האלהים סלה׃

4 I will make mention of Raab and Babylon to them that know me: behold also the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: these were born there.

אזכיר רהב ובבל לידעי הנה פלשת וצור עם כוש זה ילד שם׃

5 A man shall say, Sion [is my] mother; and [such] a man was born in her; and the Highest himself has founded her.

ולציון יאמר איש ואיש ילד בה והוא יכוננה עליון׃

6 The Lord shall recount [it] in the writing of the people, and of these princes that were born in her.

יהוה יספר בכתוב עמים זה ילד שם סלה׃

7 The dwelling of all within you is [as the dwelling] of those that rejoice.

ושרים כחללים כל מעיני בך׃