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The Lord loves Zion city,
    more than any other place where Jacob's family lives.[a]
People say great things about you!
    You are God's own city!
Selah.
I will speak about the nations that serve God.
Rahab and Babylon are now among them,
    also Philistia, Tyre and Ethiopia.[b]
They say about themselves,
    ‘This man was born in Zion.’

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Footnotes

  1. 87:2 Jacob's family means the Israelite people.
  2. 87:4 Rahab is another name for Egypt.