Psalms 87 — T4T

A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah

87Verse 1The city that Yahweh established is on his sacred hill.
^{Verse 2}He loves that city, Jerusalem, more than he loves any other city in Israel.
^{Verse 3}You people in [APO] the city that God ◄owns/lives in►,people say wonderful things about your city.(Think about that!)^{Verse 4}Some of those who know about God are the people of Egypt and Babylonia,and also the people of Philistia and Tyre and Ethiopia;
some day they all will say,
“Although I was not born in Jerusalem,
because I belong to Yahweh, it is as though I was born there.”^{Verse 5}And concerning Jerusalem, people will say“It is as though everyone was born there,
and Almighty God will cause that city to remain strong/safe/secure.”^{Verse 6}Yahweh will write a list of the names of the people of various groups who belong to him,
and he will say that he considers them all to be citizens of Jerusalem.(Think about that!)^{Verse 7}They will all dance and sing, saying,“Jerusalem is the source of all our blessings.”