Psalm 137137PsalmsBook 5American King James Version

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1. By the Rivers of Babylon

   (Ezekiel 1:1–3)

2. 1AKJVBy the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.BSBBSB: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
3. 2AKJVWe hanged our harps on the willows in the middle thereof.BSBBSB: There on the willows we hung our harps,
4. 3AKJVFor there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.BSBBSB: for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
5. 4AKJVHow shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?BSBBSB: How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
6. 5AKJVIf I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.BSBBSB: If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
7. 6AKJVIf I do not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.BSBBSB: May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
8. 7AKJVRemember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.BSBBSB: Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
9. 8AKJVO daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.BSBBSB: O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
10. 9AKJVHappy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.BSBBSB: Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

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