Psa 137 | LSB | STEP | By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat and also wept, When we remembered Zion.

Psalms 137

Psalm 137

We Wept When We Remembered Zion

1 By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat and also wept,
When we remembered Zion.
2 Upon the ^{▼▼Or poplars}willows in the midst of it
We hung our lyres.
3 For there our captors asked us about the words of a song,
And our tormentors asked joyfully, saying,
“Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.”
4 How can we sing a song of Yahweh
In a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
May my right hand ^{▼▼Become lame}forget her skill.
6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not ^{▼▼Lit cause to ascend}exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, “Tear it down! Tear it down
To its very foundation.”
8 O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who repays you
With ^{▼▼Lit your}the recompense with which you have recompensed us.
9 How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your infants
Against the cliff.