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Psalm 87:2-4
Evangelical Heritage Version
Psalm 87:2-4
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 The Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the other dwellings of Jacob. Interlude
3 Glorious things are spoken about you, O City of God.
Its Citizens
4 I will register Rahab[a] and Babylon among those who know me.
Look! Philistia and Tyre are there, along with Cush!
Of them I say, “This one was born there in Zion.”[b]
Footnotes
- Psalm 87:4 Rahab here is a name for Egypt, which is pictured as a sea monster.
- Psalm 87:4 The words of them I say and in Zion are added to clarify the antecedents.
Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV)
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