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O city of God,
    what glorious things are said of you! Interlude

I will count Egypt[a] and Babylon among those who know me—
    also Philistia and Tyre, and even distant Ethiopia.[b]
    They have all become citizens of Jerusalem!
Regarding Jerusalem[c] it will be said,
    “Everyone enjoys the rights of citizenship there.”
    And the Most High will personally bless this city.

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Footnotes

  1. 87:4a Hebrew Rahab, the name of a mythical sea monster that represents chaos in ancient literature. The name is used here as a poetic name for Egypt.
  2. 87:4b Hebrew Cush.
  3. 87:5 Hebrew Zion.

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