Psalms — Chapter 87
aThe meaning of many passages in this psalm is uncertain. Of the Korahites. A psalm. A song.The temple’sbThe temple’s Heb. “Its.” foundation on the holy mountains—
the gates of Zion—GOD lovesmore than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Glorious things are spoken of you,O city of God. Selah.
I mention RahabcRahab A primeval monster; here, a poetic term for Egypt; cf. Isa. 30.7. and Babylon among those who acknowledge Me;Philistia, and Tyre, and Cush—each was born there.
Indeed, it shall be said of Zion,“TheydThey I.e., the nations of v. 4, or their members. were all born there.”It is the Most High who will preserve it.eIt is the Most High who will preserve it Or “[God] will preserve it supreme.”
GOD will inscribe in the register of peoplesthat each was born there. Selah.
Singers and dancers alike [will say]:“All my rootsfroots Lit. “sources.” are in You.”
✦ Connected Across Traditions
The Golden Rule
Matthew 7:12
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Hadith (An-Nawawi 13)
“None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.”
Mahabharata 5.1517
“One should never do to another what one regards as injurious to oneself.”
Dhammapada 10:1
“All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.”
The Path to Wisdom
Dhammapada 20:282
“Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes.”
Analects 2:11
“If you study the past and use it to understand the present, you are worthy of being a teacher.”
Tao Te Ching 33
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
Quran 39:9
“Are those who know equal to those who do not know?”