Parallel Bible results for "Psalm 137:1-6"

Psalms 137:1-6

Common English Bible CEB

1 Alongside Babylon's streams, there we sat down, crying because we remembered Zion.

2 We hung our lyres up in the trees there

3 because that's where our captors asked us to sing; our tormentors requested songs of joy: "Sing us a song about Zion!" they said.

4 But how could we possibly sing the LORD's song on foreign soil?

5 Jerusalem! If I forget you, let my strong hand wither!

6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you, if I don't make Jerusalem my greatest joy.

New International Version NIV

1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

2 There on the poplars we hung our harps,

3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

4 How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?

5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.

6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.