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Psalm 87:3-5
GOD’S WORD Translation
Psalm 87:3-5
GOD’S WORD Translation
3 Glorious things are said about you, O city of God! Selah
4 ⌞The Lord says,⌟ “I will add Egypt and Babylon
as well as Philistia, Tyre, and Sudan
to the list of those who acknowledge me.
Each nation ⌞will claim that it⌟ was born there.”
5 But it will be said of Zion,
“Every race is born in it.
The Most High will make it secure.”
Psalm 87:3-5
New International Version
Psalm 87:3-5
New International Version
3 Glorious things are said of you,
city of God:[a](A)
4 “I will record Rahab[b](B) and Babylon
among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia(C) too, and Tyre(D), along with Cush[c]—
and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”[d](E)
5 Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
“This one and that one were born in her,
and the Most High himself will establish her.”
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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