Psalm 87

William Kuipers, 1931; rev.

1. Our gracious God has laid His firm foundations
   On Zion’s mount, the courts of His delight;
   Her gates of splendor, bathed in heavenly light,
   He loves far more than Jacob’s habitations.
   
2. What glorious things, O city of God’s favor,
   Are spoken in melodious tones of you!
   Rahab will I include, and Babel too,
   With those who know Me as their LORD and Savior.
   
3. The Moor with the Philistine and the Tyrian
   Shall soon, O Zion, throng your holy gate;
   In songs of joy I’ll hear her sons relate:
   “These all were born within the walls of Zion.”
   
4. God will Himself confirm it with His blessing,
   And on the roll of nations He will count
   All these as born on Zion’s holy mount,
   In many tongues one God, one faith confessing.
   
5. Then shall God’s Name with holy adoration
   And joyful tones be praised by Israel’s throng;
   Both harp and voice will blend in swelling song:
   “In Zion are the founts of my salvation.”