Psalm 137:1WEB
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
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Psalm 137:1WEB
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Psalm 137:2WEB
On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.
Psalm 137:3WEB
For 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!”
Psalm 137:4WEB
How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 137:5WEB
If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
Psalm 137:6WEB
Let 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.
Psalm 137:7WEB
Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 137:8WEB
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.
Psalm 137:9WEB
Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.