Psalm 137Psalms137

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. By the Rivers of Babylon

   (Ezekiel 1:1–3)

2. 1BSBBy the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.KJVKJV: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
3. 2BSBThere on the willows we hung our harps,KJVKJV: We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
4. 3BSBfor there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”KJVKJV: For 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.
5. 4BSBHow can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?KJVKJV: How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?
6. 5BSBIf I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.KJVKJV: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
7. 6BSBMay 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!KJVKJV: If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
8. 7BSBRemember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”KJVKJV: Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
9. 8BSBO Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.KJVKJV: O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
10. 9BSBBlessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.KJVKJV: Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.