Psalm 87:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 [a]And of Zion it will be said:
“Each one was born in it.”(A)
The Most High will establish it;(B)
6 the Lord notes in the register of the peoples:
“This one was born there.”(C)
Selah
7 So singers and dancers:
“All my springs are in you.”(D)
Footnotes
- 87:5–6 The bond between the exile and the holy city was so strong as to override the exile’s citizenship of lesser cities.
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