Psalm 87

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General information

Besides an antiphon based on verse 1b, the Roman Gradual contains a Tract for Marian feasts after Septuagesima based on vv 1b-5.

Text and translations

Clementine Vulgate (Psalm 86) Latin text 1  Filiis Core. Psalmus cantici. Fundamenta ejus in montibus sanctis; 2  diligit Dominus portas Sion super omnia tabernacula Jacob. 3  Gloriosa dicta sunt de te, civitas Dei! 4  Memor ero Rahab et Babylonis, scientium me;   ecce alienigenae, et Tyrus, et populus Aethiopum, hi fuerunt illic. 5  Numquid Sion dicet: Homo et homo natus est in ea, et ipse fundavit eam Altissimus? 6  Dominus narrabit in scripturis populorum et principum, horum qui fuerunt in ea. 7  Sicut laetantium omnium habitatio est in te.

Church of England 1662 Book of Common Prayer English text 1  Her foundations are upon the holy hills:   the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 2  Very excellent things are spoken of thee: thou city of God. 3  I will think upon Rahab and Babylon: with them that know me. 4  Behold ye the Philistines also: and they of Tyre, with the Morians; lo, there was he born. 5  And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born in her: and the most High shall stablish her. 6  The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth up the people: that he was born there. 7  The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse: All my fresh springs shall be in thee.

Káldi fordítás (86. zsoltár)

Hungarian text

Kóre fiainak, ének-zsoltár.
Az ő alapjai a szent hegyeken vannak;
szereti az Úr Sion kapuit Jákob minden hajléka fölött.
Dicsőséges dolgok mondatnak felőled, Isten városa!
Megemlékezem Ráhabról és Babilonról, hogy megismerjenek engem. Ime az idegenek, és Tírus és a szerecsenek népe, ezek is oda valók.
Nemde Sionról fog mondatni: Ember és ember született benne; és maga alapította azt a Fölséges?
Az Úr fogja ezt elbeszélni a népek és fejedelmek irásaiban, azokéban, kik benne vannak.
Mindnyájan vigadni fognak, kiknek lakásuk vagyon benned.

Metrical Paraphrase by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, New Version, 1698

English text

God's temple crowns the holy mount,
The Lord there condescends to dwell.
His Zion's Gates, in His account,
our Israel's fairest tents excel.
Fame glorious things of thee shall sing,
O city of th' Almighty King!

I'll mention Rahab with due praise,
In Babylon applauses join.
The frame of Ethiopia raise,
With that of Tyre and Palestine;
And grant that some, amongst them born,
their age and country did adorn.

But still of Zion I'll aver
That many such from her proceed;
Th' Almighty shall establish her,
His general list shall show, when read,
That such a person there was born,
Their age and country did adorn.

He'll Zion find with numbers filled
Of such as merit high renown,
For hand and voice musicians skilled,
and (her transcending fame to crown)
Of such she shall successions bring
Like waters from a living spring.