Parallel Bible results for "Psalm 137"

Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

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

2 On the willows in the midst of it, We hung up our harps.

2 There on the poplars we hung our harps,

3 For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

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 Yahweh's song in a foreign land?

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

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

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

6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, If I don't remember you; If I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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.

7 Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, The day of Jerusalem; Who said, "Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!"

7 Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”

8 Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, He will be happy who rewards you, As you have served us.

8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.

9 Happy shall he be, Who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.

9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

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