Psalm 137137PsalmsBook 5unfoldingWord® Literal Text

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1. By the Rivers of Babylon

   (Ezekiel 1:1–3)

2. 1ULTBy the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, also we wept, when we remembered Zion.BSBBSB: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
3. 2ULTOn the willows in her midst we hung our harps.BSBBSB: There on the willows we hung our harps,
4. 3ULTFor there our captors requested of us words of a song, and our tormentors, joy:“Sing for us from a song of Zion.”BSBBSB: for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
5. 4ULTHow shall we sing the song of Yahweh on the land of foreignness?BSBBSB: How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
6. 5ULTIf I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.BSBBSB: If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
7. 6ULTLet my tongue cling to my palate if I do not remember you, if I do not cause Jerusalem to go up above the head 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. 7ULTRemember, Yahweh, for the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem, the ones saying,“Lay bare, lay bare, to the foundation in her!”BSBBSB: Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
9. 8ULTDaughter Babylon, the devastated one, the happinesses of the one who makes complete to you your repayment that you paid to us!BSBBSB: O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
10. 9ULTThe happinesses of the one who seizes and dashes your infants against the rock!BSBBSB: Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

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