Psalm 87
Geneva Bible 1599
Chapter overview
Psalm 87 praises Zion as a beloved foundation whose citizenship reaches surprisingly far. Former outsiders and distant peoples are counted as native-born, while singers and dancers celebrate the city as a shared source.
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1A Psalme or song committed to the sonnes of Korah. God layde his foundations among the holy mountaines.
2The Lord loueth the gates of Zion aboue all the habitations of Iaakob.
3Glorious things are spoken of thee, O citie of God. Selah.
4I will make mention of Rahab and Babel among them that knowe me: beholde Palestina and Tyrus with Ethiopia, There is he borne.
5And of Zion it shall be sayde, Many are borne in her: and he, euen the most High shall stablish her.
6The Lord shall count, when hee writeth the people, He was borne there. Selah.
7Aswell the singers as the players on instruments shall prayse thee: all my springs are in thee.
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