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He loves its gates more than any other place in Israel.
City of God,
    wonderful things are said about you. Selah
God says, “I will put Egypt and Babylonia
    on the list of nations that know me.
People from Philistia, Tyre, and Cush
    will be born there.”

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The Lord loves the gates of Zion(A)
    more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.

Glorious things are said of you,
    city of God:[a](B)
“I will record Rahab[b](C) and Babylon
    among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia(D) too, and Tyre(E), along with Cush[c]
    and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”[d](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 87:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.
  2. Psalm 87:4 A poetic name for Egypt
  3. Psalm 87:4 That is, the upper Nile region
  4. 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.”