Psalms
Chapter 137World English Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
2On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.
There on the willows we hung our harps,
3For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
4How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?
How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
5If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
7Remember, LORD, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
9Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
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