VBL · Chapter 87/150
1Una canción. Un salmo de los descendientes de Coré. El Señor fundó la ciudad en su monte santo.
2Jerusalén es la ciudad que ama más que a cualquier ciudad de Israel.
3¡Muchas cosas maravillosas te son dichas, ciudad de Dios! Selah.
4Menciono a Egipto.
5Será dicho de Jerusalén: “Todo el mundo nació allí”, y el Altísimo la hará segura.
6Cuando el Señor cuente las naciones, escribirá: “Ellos nacieron allí”. Selah.
7Los cantores y bailarines dirán: “Viviendo aquí me siento en casa”.
A short psalm that celebrates Jerusalem (Zion) as a city founded by God, foreseeing that even foreigners from rival nations such as Egypt, Babylon, and Philistia will one day say: 'this man was born there.'
Though brief, this psalm holds a surprisingly inclusive vision for its time: nations historically hostile to Israel (Rahab is a poetic name for Egypt, alongside Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia) are described as future spiritual 'citizens' of Zion, recognized by God as though born there. This anticipates later prophetic themes about foreign nations turning to God. The application today is a reminder that the community of faith, even in its oldest texts, always held a vision larger than ethnic or national borders.
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