Families from many lands gather with musicians and dancers inside Jerusalem's open gates

Psalm 87

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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 PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. A SONG. His foundation [is] in holy mountains.
2YHWH is loving the gates of Zion || Above all the dwelling places of Jacob.
3Honorable things are spoken in You, || O city of God. Selah.
4I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, || Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This [one] was born there.
5And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, || And He, the Most High, establishes her.
6YHWH recounts in the describing of the peoples, “This [one] was born there.” Selah.
7Also singers as players on instruments, || All my fountains [are] in You!
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