A Psalm of a Song for the sons of Core. His foundations are in the holy mountains.
Τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορὲ ψαλμὸς ᾠδῆς. Οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι τοῖς ἁγίοις.
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Psalms 86
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The Lord loves the gates of Sion, more than all the tabernacles of Jacob.
Ἀγαπᾷ Κύριος τὰς πύλας Σιὼν, ὑπὲρ πάντα τὰ σκηνώματα Ἰακώβ.
Glorious things have been spoken of thee, O city of God. Pause.
Δεδοξασμένα ἐλαλήθη περὶ σοῦ ἡ πόλις τοῦ Θεοῦ· διάψαλμα.
I will make mention of Raab and Babylon to them that know me: behold also the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: these were born there.
Μνησθήσομαι Ῥαὰβ, καὶ Βαβυλῶνος, τοῖς γινώσκουσί με· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀλλόφυλοι καὶ Τύρος καὶ λαὸς Αἰθιόπων, οὗτοι ἐγεννήθησαν ἐκεῖ.
A man shall say, Sion is my mother; and such a man was born in her; and the Highest himself has founded her.
Μήτηρ Σιὼν ἐρεῖ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἐγενήθη ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτὴν ὁ ὕψιστος.
The Lord shall recount it in the writing of the people, and of these princes that were born in her. Pause.
Source notes (1)
- Gr. have been in her.
Κύριος διηγήσεται ἐν γραφῇ λαῶν, καὶ ἀρχόντων τούτων τῶν γεγενημένων ἐν αὐτῇ. διάψαλμα.
The dwelling of all within thee is as the dwelling of those that rejoice.
Ὡς εὐφραινομένων πάντων ἡ κατοικία ἐν σοί.
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