Psalms 87 ASV
Summary: A short psalm of the sons of Korah celebrating Zion's unique glory, opening "His foundation is in the holy mountains" and declaring "Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God" (v. 1, 3). Unusually, it envisions God formally registering foreign peoples — Rahab (Egypt), Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia — as though native-born citizens of Zion: "this man was born there" (v. 4, 6), a striking universalist note within the Psalter. It closes with singers and dancers declaring "all my springs are in thee" (v. 7), Zion as the wellspring of joy for every nation.
1A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.
2Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. [Selah
4I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me: Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This one was born there.
5Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; And the Most High himself will establish her.
6Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. [Selah
7They that sing as well as they that dance shall say, All my fountains are in thee.
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