Psalm 87 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] The glory of the Church of Christ.
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GR τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορε ψαλμὸς ᾠδῆς οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν τοῖς ἁγίοις
LA Fundamenta ejus in montibus sanctis;
EN The foundations thereof are the holy mountains:
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GR ἀγαπᾷ κύριος τὰς πύλας Σιων ὑπὲρ πάντα τὰ σκηνώματα Ιακωβ
LA diligit Dominus portas Sion super omnia tabernacula Jacob.
EN The Lord loves the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.
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GR δεδοξασμένα ἐλαλήθη περὶ σοῦ ἡ πόλις τοῦ θεοῦ διάψαλμα
LA Gloriosa dicta sunt de te, civitas Dei!
EN Glorious things are said of you, O city of God.
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GR μνησθήσομαι Ρααβ καὶ Βαβυλῶνος τοῖς γινώσκουσίν με καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀλλόφυλοι καὶ Τύρος καὶ λαὸς Αἰθιόπων οὗτοι ἐγενήθησαν ἐκεῖ
LA Memor ero Rahab et Babylonis, scientium me; ecce alienigenæ, et Tyrus, et populus Æthiopum, hi fuerunt illic.
EN I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, these were there.
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[!note]- Rahab…
Egypt, etc. To this Sion, which is the Church of God, many shall resort from all nations. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR μήτηρ Σιων ἐρεῖ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἐγενήθη ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτὴν ὁ ὕψιστος
LA Numquid Sion dicet: Homo et homo natus est in ea, et ipse fundavit eam Altissimus?
EN Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? And the Highest himself has founded her.
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GR κύριος διηγήσεται ἐν γραφῇ λαῶν καὶ ἀρχόντων τούτων τῶν γεγενημένων ἐν αὐτῇ διάψαλμα
LA Dominus narrabit in scripturis populorum et principum, horum qui fuerunt in ea.
EN The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, of them that have been in her.
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GR ὡς εὐφραινομένων πάντων ἡ κατοικία ἐν σοί
LA Sicut lætantium omnium habitatio est in te.
EN The dwelling in you is as it were of all rejoicing.
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[!note]- The holy mountains…
The apostles and prophets (Ephesians 2:20). Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Shall not Sion say, etc…
The meaning is, that Sion, viz., the Church, shall not only be able to commemorate this or that particular person of renown born in her, but also to glory in great multitudes of people and princes of her communion; who have been foretold in the writings of the prophets, and registered in the writings of the apostles. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
