Psa 137:1-7 | ESV | STEP | By the waters of Babylon , there we sat down and wept , when we remembered Zion .

Psalms 137:1-7

How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?

1 By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion.
2 On the willows ^{▼▼Or poplars} there
we hung up our lyres.
3 For there our captors
required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 ^bHow shall we sing the Lord’s song
in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
^clet my right hand forget its skill!
6 Let my ^dtongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy!
7 Remember, O Lord, against the ^eEdomites
^fthe day of Jerusalem,
how they said, ^g“Lay it bare, lay it bare,
down to its foundations!”