Thematic Bible
Psalm 137:1 (show verse)
By the rivers of Babylon—
there we sat down and wept
when we remembered Zion.
there we sat down and wept
when we remembered Zion.
Psalm 137:2 (show verse)
There we hung up our lyres
on the poplar trees,
on the poplar trees,
Psalm 137:3 (show verse)
for our captors there asked us for songs,
and our tormentors, for rejoicing:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
and our tormentors, for rejoicing:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
Psalm 137:4 (show verse)
on foreign soil?
Psalm 137:5 (show verse)
may my right hand forget its skill.
Psalm 137:6 (show verse)
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
Psalm 137:7 (show verse)
that day
“Destroy it! Destroy it
down to its foundations!”
Psalm 137:8 (show verse)
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done to us.
Psalm 137:9 (show verse)
and dashes them against the rocks.