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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 87 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/87.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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88">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(A psalm and a song by the clan of Korah.)</h3><h3 class="s1">The Glory of Mount Zion</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_87_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.87.1" class="v19_87_1">1</span>Zion was built by the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_87_1">on the holy mountain,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_87_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.87.2" class="v19_87_2">2</span>and he loves that city</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_87_2">more than any other place</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_87_2">in all of Israel.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_87_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.87.3" class="v19_87_3">3</span>Zion, you are the city of God,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_87_3">and wonderful things</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_87_3">are told about you.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_87_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.87.4" class="v19_87_4">4</span>Egypt,<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.87.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Babylonia, Philistia,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_87_4">Phoenicia,<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.87.4!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and Ethiopia<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.87.4!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_87_4">are some of those nations</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_87_4">that know you,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_87_4">and their people all say,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_87_4">“I was born in Zion.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_87_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.87.5" class="v19_87_5">5</span>God Most High will strengthen</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_87_5">the city of Zion.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_87_5">Then everyone will say,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_87_5">“We were born here too.”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_87_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.87.6" class="v19_87_6">6</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> will make a list</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_87_6">of his people,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_87_6">and all who were born here</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_87_6">will be included.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_87_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.87.7" class="v19_87_7">7</span>All who sing or dance will say,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_87_7">“I too am from Zion.”</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">87.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Egypt: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “Rahab,” the name of a monster that stands for Egypt (see Isaiah 30.7).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">87.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Phoenicia: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 83.7.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">87.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Ethiopia: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “Cush,” which was a region south of Egypt that included parts of the present countries of Ethiopia and Sudan.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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