“I shall mention [a](A)Rahab and Babylon [b]among those who know Me;
Behold, Philistia and (B)Tyre with [c](C)Ethiopia:
‘This one was born there.’”
But of Zion it shall be said, “This one and that one were born in her”;
And the Most High Himself will (D)establish her.
The Lord will count when He (E)registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.” Selah.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 87:4 I.e. Egypt
  2. Psalm 87:4 Or as
  3. Psalm 87:4 Lit Cush

“I will record Rahab[a](A) and Babylon
    among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia(B) too, and Tyre(C), along with Cush[b]
    and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”[c](D)
Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her,
    and the Most High himself will establish her.”
The Lord will write in the register(E) of the peoples:
    “This one was born in Zion.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 87:4 A poetic name for Egypt
  2. Psalm 87:4 That is, the upper Nile region
  3. 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.”