Thematic Bible
Psalm 137:1 (show verse)
By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.
Psalm 137:2 (show verse)
On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,
Psalm 137:3 (show verse)
for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: "Sing for us a song about Zion!"
Psalm 137:4 (show verse)
How can we sing a song to the Lord in a foreign land?
Psalm 137:5 (show verse)
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled!
Psalm 137:6 (show verse)
May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.
Psalm 137:7 (show verse)
Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!"
Psalm 137:8 (show verse)
O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!
Psalm 137:9 (show verse)
How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!