Psalm 87, Chant B

 

Psalm 87   Fundamenta ejus

1 On the holy mountain stands the city he has foun-ded; *
the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Ja-cob.

2 Glorious things are spoken of you, *
O city of our God.

3 I count Egypt and Babylon among those who know me; *
behold Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia: in Zion were they born.

4 Of Zion it shall be said, “Everyone was born in her, *
and the Most High himself shall sus-tain her.”

5 The LORD will record as he enrolls the peo-ples, *
“These also were born there.”

6 The singers and the dancers will say, *
“All my fresh springs are in you.”

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spir-it: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. A-men.