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Psalm 87:2-4
New American Standard Bible
Psalm 87:2-4
New American Standard Bible
2 The Lord (A)loves the gates of Zion
More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.
3 (B)Glorious things are spoken of you,
(C)City of God. Selah
4 “I shall mention [a](D)Rahab and Babylon [b]among those who know Me;
Behold, Philistia and (E)Tyre with [c](F)Cush:
‘This one was born there.’”
Footnotes
- Psalm 87:4 I.e., Egypt, as a sea monster; not to be confused with Rahab in Joshua 2
- Psalm 87:4 Or as
- Psalm 87:4 Or Ethiopia
Psalm 87:2-4
New International Version
Psalm 87:2-4
New International Version
2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion(A)
more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.
Footnotes
- Psalm 87:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.
- Psalm 87:4 A poetic name for Egypt
- Psalm 87:4 That is, the upper Nile region
- Psalm 87:4 Or “I will record concerning those who acknowledge me: / ‘This one was born in Zion.’ / Hear this, Rahab and Babylon, / and you too, Philistia, Tyre and Cush.”
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