PSALM 87 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE

1 Among the holy mountains @3high@1
Is his foundation fast;
@3There seated in his sanctuary,
His temple there is placed@1.
2 Sion's @3fair@1 gates the Lord loves more
Than all the dwellings @3fair@1
Of Jacob's @3land, though there be store,
And all within his care@1.
3 City of God, most glorious things
Of thee @3abroad@1 are spoke;
4 I mention Egypt, @3where proud kings
Did our forefathers yoke@1;
I mention Babel to my friends,
Philistia @3full of scorn@1,
And Tyre with Ethiop's @3utmost ends@1:
Lo this man there was born.
5 But @3twice that praise shall in our ear@1
Be said of Sion @3last@1:
This and this man was born in her,
High God shall fix her fast.
6 The Lord shall write it in a scroll
That ne'er shall be outworn,
When he the nations doth enroll,
That this man there was born.
7 Both they who sing, and they who dance
@3With sacred songs are there@1;
In thee @3fresh brooks and soft streams glance
And@1 all my fountains @3clear@1.

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