Psalm 87:6
New International Version
The LORD will write in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.”

New Living Translation
When the LORD registers the nations, he will say, “They have all become citizens of Jerusalem.” Interlude

English Standard Version
The LORD records as he registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah

King James Bible
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

New King James Version
The LORD will record, When He registers the peoples: “This one was born there.” Selah

New American Standard Bible
The LORD will count when He registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah

NASB 1995
The LORD will count when He registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.

NASB 1977
The LORD shall count when He registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh will count when He registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.

Amplified Bible
The LORD will count, when He registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.

Christian Standard Bible
When he registers the peoples, the LORD will record, “This one was born there.” Selah

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When He registers the peoples, the LORD will record,” This one was born there.” Selah

American Standard Version
Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. [Selah

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
LORD JEHOVAH will recount in the book for the peoples: "This One was born there"!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The Lord shall recount it in the writing of the people, and of these princes that were born in her.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD will make a list of his people, and all who were born here will be included.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, of them that have been in her.

English Revised Version
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the peoples, this one was born there. Selah

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD will record this in the Book of Nations: "Every race [claims that it] was born there." [Selah]

Good News Translation
The LORD will write a list of the peoples and include them all as citizens of Jerusalem.

International Standard Version
The LORD will record, as he registers the peoples, "This one was born there." Interlude

JPS Tanakh 1917
The LORD shall count in the register of the peoples: 'This one was born there.' Selah

Literal Standard Version
YHWH recounts in the describing of the peoples, “This [one] was born there.” Selah.

Majority Standard Bible
The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah

New American Bible
So singers and dancers: “All my springs are in you.”

NET Bible
The LORD writes in the census book of the nations, "This one was born there." (Selah)

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD records, as he registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah

New Heart English Bible
The LORD will count, when he writes up the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

World English Bible
Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, 'This one was born there.' Selah.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The LORD Loves the Gates of Zion
5And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.” 6The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah 7Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”…

Cross References
Psalm 69:28
May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

Isaiah 4:3
Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy--all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living--

Isaiah 10:24
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: "O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.

Ezekiel 13:9
My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.


Treasury of Scripture

The LORD shall count, when he writes up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

when

Psalm 22:30
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

Isaiah 4:3
And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:

Ezekiel 9:4
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

this man

Jeremiah 3:19
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

Galatians 4:26-31
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all…

Revelation 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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Psalm 87
1. The nature and glory of the church
4. The increase, honor, and comfort of the members thereof.














(6) The proud boast of the preceding verse is repeated here with allusion to the census or birth-register of citizens. (See Ezekiel 13:9; Isaiah 4:3; Psalm 69:28, Note.) No doubt these lists were often produced or appealed to in triumph to mark the superiority of a native of Jerusalem over those born at a distance.

Verse 6. - The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people; rather, the peoples, (see ver. 4). That this man was born there. He shall enregister every individual among the converted nations as a true citizen of Zion, entitled to all covenant privileges.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The LORD
יְֽהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

will record
יִ֭סְפֹּר (yis·pōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5608: To count, recount, relate

in the register
בִּכְת֣וֹב (biḵ·ṯō·wḇ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3789: To grave, to write

of the peoples:
עַמִּ֑ים (‘am·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

“This
זֶ֖ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

one was born
יֻלַּד־ (yul·laḏ-)
Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

[in Zion].”
שָׁ֣ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

Selah
סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's 5542: Suspension, pause


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