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Psalm 87

C.M. (8.6.8.6) Tune: ST MAGNUS Psalm 87 Scottish Psalter (1650)

Psalm Text

Upon the hills of holiness

he his foundation sets.

God, more than Jacob's dwellings all,

delights in Sion's gates.

Things glorious are said of thee,

thou city of the Lord.

Rahab and Babel I, to those

that know me, will record:

Behold ev'n Tyrus, and with it

the land of Palestine,

And likewise Ethiopia;

this man was born therein.

And it of Sion shall be said,

This man and that man there

Was born; and he that is most High

himself shall stablish her.

When God the people writes, he'll count

that this man born was there.

There be that sing and play; and all

my well-springs in thee are.

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1650 Scottish Psalter (1650)

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This metrical psalm text is in the public domain.