King James Version

Psalms 87:3

Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

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נִ֭כְבָּדוֹתnikhbadotbe chargeableכָּבַדverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “be chargeable”, a verb used as a describing wordH3513to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, [idiom] be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in…מְדֻבָּ֣רmedubarspeakדָבַרverb, pual, passive participle, absolute — “speak”, a verb used as a describing wordH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.בָּ֑ךְbakheinבָּ֑ךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “in”inעִ֖ירircityעִירnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.הָאֱלֹהִ֣יםhaelohimthe Godאֱלֹהִיםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.סֶֽלָהselahSelahסֶלָהparticle, interjection — “Selah”H5542suspension (of music), i.e. pauseSelah.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Glorious things are spoken of Thee, O city of God. Selah

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American Standard Version (1901)

Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. [ Selah

Young’s Literal Translation

Honourable things are spoken in Thee, O city of God. Selah.

World English Bible

Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah .

Darby Translation

Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

Douay-Rheims

Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Glorious things are spoken of Thee, O city of God. Selah

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Glorious things have been spoken of thee, O city of God. Pause.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Δεδοξασμένα ἐλαλήθη περὶ σοῦ ἡ πόλις τοῦ Θεοῦ· διάψαλμα.