Psalms 87 WEB
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.
1His foundation is in the holy mountains.
2Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God.
4I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This one was born there.”
5Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her.
6Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.”
7Those who sing as well as those who dance say, “All my springs are in you.”
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