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\d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah
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\v 1 The city is established on his holy mountain.
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\v 2 Yahweh loves that city, Jerusalem, more than he loves any other place in Israel.
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\v 3 All you people in Jerusalem,
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\q2 other people say wonderful things about your city.
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\v 4 And Yahweh said, "I will talk of Rahab and Babyon
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\q2 and the people there who know me.
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\q2 There are some who know me among the people of Egypt and Babylonia,
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\q2 and they live in the lands of Philistia and Tyre and Ethiopia,
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\q2 and they will say, 'Our home is Jerusalem and our land is Zion.'"
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\v 5 Concerning Zion, people will say,
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\q2 "All of these people who were born far away,
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\q2 they call Jerusalem their home,
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\q2 and Almighty God will cause that city to remain strong."
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\v 6 Yahweh will write a list of the names of the people of various groups who belong to him,
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\q1 and he will say that he considers them all to be citizens of Jerusalem.
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\v 7 They will all dance and sing, saying,
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\q2 "Jerusalem is the source of all our blessings."
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