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Glorious Things of You Are Spoken

A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song.

 On the holy mount stands the city he founded;
² the Lord loves the gates of Zion
   more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
³ Glorious things of you are spoken,
   O city of God. Selah

⁴ Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush^[a]—
“This one was born there,” they say.
⁵ And of Zion it shall be said,
“This one and that one were born in her”;
for the Most High himself will establish her.
⁶ The Lord records as he registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.” Selah

⁷ Singers and dancers alike say,
“All my springs are in you.”

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 87:4 Probably Nubia

Cross references:

1. Psalm 87:1 : Ps. 42, title
2. Psalm 87:1 : See Ps. 48:1
3. Psalm 87:1 : Isa. 28:16
4. Psalm 87:2 : Ps. 78:67, 68
5. Psalm 87:3 : [Isa. 60:1]; See Isa. 54:1-3
6. Psalm 87:3 : Ps. 46:4
7. Psalm 87:4 : Ps. 36:10; [John 10:14]
8. Psalm 87:4 : See Job 9:13; See Isa. 19:22-25
9. Psalm 87:4 : See Ps. 68:31
10. Psalm 87:5 : Ps. 48:8
11. Psalm 87:6 : See Ps. 69:28
12. Psalm 87:7 : Ps. 68:25
13. Psalm 87:7 : 2 Sam. 6:14
14. Psalm 87:7 : Ps. 36:9; Isa. 12:3; Rev. 21:6