Thematic Bible

Psalm 137:1

By the rivers of Babylon—
there we sat down and wept
when we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:2

There we hung up our lyres
on the poplar trees,

Psalm 137:3

for our captors there asked us for songs,
and our tormentors, for rejoicing:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

Psalm 137:4

How can we sing the Lord’s song
on foreign soil?

Psalm 137:5

If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.

Psalm 137:6

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Psalm 137:7

Remember, Lord, what the Edomites said
that day at Jerusalem:
“Destroy it! Destroy it
down to its foundations!”

Psalm 137:8

Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done to us.

Psalm 137:9

Happy is he who takes your little ones
and dashes them against the rocks.