Psalms 87 (YLT)

Chapter Text

87:1 By sons of Korah. --A Psalm, a song. His foundation <FI>is<Fi> in holy mountains.

87:2 Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

87:3 Honourable things are spoken in Thee, O city of God. Selah.

87:4 I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This <FI>one<Fi> was born there.

87:5 And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her.

87:6 Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, `This <FI>one<Fi> was born there.' Selah.

87:7 Singers also as players on instruments, All my fountains <FI>are<Fi> in Thee!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sons", "korah", "psalm", "song", "foundation", "holy", "mountains", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sons" and "korah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local YLT text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "sons" and "korah" 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 "sons" and "korah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.