Psalm 137137PsalmsBook 5Unlocked Dynamic Bible

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1. By the Rivers of Babylon

   (Ezekiel 1:1–3)

2. 1UDBWhen we had been taken to Babylonia far from Jerusalem, we sat down by the rivers there, and we cried when we thought about the temple on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.BSBBSB: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
3. 2UDBOn the willow trees alongside the rivers we hung our harps because we did not want to play them anymore and because we were very sad.BSBBSB: There on the willows we hung our harps,
4. 3UDBThe soldiers who had captured us and taken us to Babylonia forced us to sing for them; they told us to entertain them; they said, "Sing for us one of the songs that you previously sang in Jerusalem!"BSBBSB: for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
5. 4UDBBut we thought to ourselves, "We are sad because we have been punished by Yahweh and brought to this foreign land; we cannot sing songs about Yahweh while we are here!"BSBBSB: How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
6. 5UDBIf I forget about Jerusalem, I hope that my right hand will wither so that I will be unable to play my harp!BSBBSB: If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
7. 6UDBI hope that I will not be able to sing again if I forget about Jerusalem, if I do not consider that Jerusalem causes me to be more joyful than anything else does.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. 7UDBYahweh, punish the people of the Edom people for what they did on the day that the army of Babylon captured Jerusalem. Do not forget that they said, "Tear down all the buildings! Destroy them completely! Leave only the 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. 8UDBYou people of Babylon, you will certainly be destroyed! How fortunate are those who punish you for what you did to us;BSBBSB: O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
10. 9UDBHow fortunate are those who take your babies and smash them to pieces on the rocks.BSBBSB: Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

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