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A song.</p><p class="heading">The Holy City for All People</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/87-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>God’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="87:1 Lit. His">a</a></span> foundation is in the holy mountains.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/87-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The LORD loves the gates of Zion</p> <p class="poetry2">more than the dwellings of Jacob.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/87-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Glorious things are spoken about you,</p> <p class="poetry2">city of God.</p> <p class="selah">Interlude</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/87-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will mention Rahab and Babylon</p> <p class="poetry2">among those who acknowledge me—</p> <p class="poetry2">including Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="87:4 Lit. Cush">b</a></span> —</p> <p class="poetry2">“This one was born there,” they say.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="87:4 The Heb. lacks they say">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/87-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Indeed, about Zion it will be said:</p> <p class="poetry2">“More than one person<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="87:5 Lit. a man and a man">d</a></span> was born in it,” and</p> <p class="poetry2">“The Most High himself did<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="87:5 Or secured">e</a></span> it.”</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/87-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The LORD will record,</p> <p class="poetry2">as he registers the peoples,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="87:6 Lit. record, in a registry of people">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">“This one was born there.”</p> <p class="selah">Interlude</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/87-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then singers, as they play their instruments,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="87:7 Or singers and flute players">g</a></span> will declare,</p> <p class="poetry2">“All my roots<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="87:7 Lit. springs">h</a></span> are in you.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 87:1 Lit. <i>His</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 87:4 Lit. <i>Cush</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 87:4 The Heb. lacks <i>they say</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 87:5 Lit. <i>a man and a man</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 87:5 Or <i>secured</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 87:6 Lit. <i>record, in a registry of people</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 87:7 Or <i>singers and flute players</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 87:7 Lit. <i>springs</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/86.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 86"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 86" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/88.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 88"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 88" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/psalms/87-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>