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Psalm 137

The Message Bible MSG

1 Alongside Babylon's rivers we sat on the banks; we cried and cried, remembering the good old days in Zion.

2 Alongside the quaking aspens we stacked our unplayed harps;

3 That's where our captors demanded songs, sarcastic and mocking: "Sing us a happy Zion song!"

4 Oh, how could we ever sing God's song in this wasteland?

5 If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my fingers wither and fall off like leaves.

6 Let my tongue swell and turn black if I fail to remember you, If I fail, O dear Jerusalem, to honor you as my greatest.

7 God, remember those Edomites, and remember the ruin of Jerusalem, That day they yelled out, "Wreck it, smash it to bits!"

8 And you, Babylonians - ravagers! A reward to whoever gets back at you for all you've done to us;

9 Yes, a reward to the one who grabs your babies and smashes their heads on the rocks!

New Living Translation NLT

1 Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem.

2 We put away our harps, hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.

3 For our captors demanded a song from us. Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn: “Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!”

4 But how can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a pagan land?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to play the harp.

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

7 O LORD, remember what the Edomites did on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem. “Destroy it!” they yelled. “Level it to the ground!”

8 O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

9 Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks!