Psalm 137137PsalmsBook 5Catholic Public Domain Version

Catholic Public Domain VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. By the Rivers of Babylon

   (Ezekiel 1:1–3)

2. 1CPDVA Psalm of David: to Jeremiah. Above the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept, while we remembered Zion.BSBBSB: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
3. 2CPDVBy the willow trees, in their midst, we hung up our instruments.BSBBSB: There on the willows we hung our harps,
4. 3CPDVFor, in that place, those who led us into captivity questioned us about the words of the songs. And those who carried us away said: “Sing us a hymn from 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. 4CPDVHow can we sing a song of the Lord in a foreign land?BSBBSB: How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
6. 5CPDVIf I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.BSBBSB: If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
7. 6CPDVMay my tongue adhere to my jaws, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem first, as the beginning 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. 7CPDVO Lord, call to mind the sons of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem, who say: “Despoil it, despoil it, even to its foundation.”BSBBSB: Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
9. 8CPDVO daughter of Babylon, have pity. Blessed is he who will repay you with your payment, which you have paid to us.BSBBSB: O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
10. 9CPDVBlessed is he who will take hold of your little ones and dash them against the rock.BSBBSB: Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

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