Thematic Bible




Psalm 137:1 (show verse)

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:2 (show verse)

On [the] willows in her midst, we hung up our lyres.

Psalm 137:3 (show verse)

For there our captors asked of us words of a song, and our tormentors [asked of us] jubilation, "Sing for us from a song of Zion."

Psalm 137:4 (show verse)

How could we sing the song of Yahweh in {a foreign land}?

Psalm 137:5 (show verse)

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.

Psalm 137:6 (show verse)

Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if do not I exalt Jerusalem above my highest joy.

Psalm 137:7 (show verse)

Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, the ones who said, "Lay [it] bare! Lay [it] bare to its foundation!"

Psalm 137:8 (show verse)

O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy [shall be he] who pays back to you {what you paid out to us}.

Psalm 137:9 (show verse)

Happy [shall be he] who seizes and smashes your children against the rock.