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A psalm of the sons of Korah; a song.
1 On the holy mount stands the city he founded;
2 Yahweh loves the gates of Zion
more than all the tents of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are said of you, city of God.
Selah
4 “I mention Rahab and Babylon to my followers.
See, there are Philistia, and Tyre, along with Cush—
and will say, 'This one was born there.'”
5 Of Zion it will be said, “Each of these was born in her;
and the Most High himself will establish her.”
6 Yahweh writes in the census book of the nations,
“This one was born there.”
Selah
7 So also the singers and the dancers say together,