Psalm 137137PsalmsBook 5Brenton Septuagint

Brenton SeptuagintBerean Standard Bible

1. By the Rivers of Babylon

   (Ezekiel 1:1–3)

2. 1BrentonFor David, a Psalm of Jeremias. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion.BSBBSB: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
3. 2BrentonWe hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.BSBBSB: There on the willows we hung our harps,
4. 3BrentonFor there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away asked a hymn, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Sion.BSBBSB: for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
5. 4BrentonHow should 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. 5BrentonIf I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.BSBBSB: If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
7. 6BrentonMay my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember thee; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my 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. 7BrentonRemember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to its foundations.BSBBSB: Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
9. 8BrentonWretched daughter of Babylon! blessed shall he be who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.BSBBSB: O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
10. 9BrentonBlessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.BSBBSB: Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

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