Chapter Text
87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.
87:2 Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
87:3 Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.
87:4 I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This one was born there.”
87:5 Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her”; the Most High himself will establish her.
87:6 Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.
87:7 Those who sing as well as those who dance say, “All my springs are in you.”
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "foundation", "holy", "mountains", "yahweh", "loves", "gates", "zion", and "than". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "foundation" and "holy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local WEB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "foundation" and "holy" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "foundation" and "holy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.