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The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 He has founded his city on the holy mountain.
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<Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song.> This house is resting on the holy mountain.
2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.
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The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are said of you, city of God:
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Noble things are said of you, O town of God. (Selah.)
4 “I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me— Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush — and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’ ”
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Rahab and Babylon will be named among those who have knowledge of me; see, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man had his birth there.
5 Indeed, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High himself will establish her.”
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And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong.
6 The LORD will write in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.”
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The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)
7 As they make music they will sing, “All my fountains are in you.”
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The players on instruments will be there, and the dancers will say, All my springs are in you.
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