Psalm 137:8

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

Psalm 137:8 in Other Translations

8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

8 O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!

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

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

8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.

8 You destructive people of Babylon, blessed is the one who pays you back with the same treatment you gave us.

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

8 People of Babylon, you are sentenced to be destroyed. Happy are those who pay you back for what you have done to us.

Psalm 137:8 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 137:8

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed
By the determinate counsel and decree of God, and according to divine predictions; see ( Jeremiah 50:1-51:64 ) ; so mystical Babylon, antichrist, and the man of sin, who therefore is called the son of perdition, ( 2 Thessalonians 2:3 ) ; because appointed to destruction, and shall certainly go into it, ( Revelation 17:8 ) ; or "O thou destroyer", as the Targum, which paraphrases it thus,

``Gabriel, the prince of Zion, said to the Babylonish nation that spoileth or destroyeth;''

which is true of literal Babylon, called the destroying mountain, ( Jeremiah 51:25 ) ; and of mystical Babylon, the destroyer both of the bodies and souls of men, ( Revelation 11:18 ) ;

happy [shall he be] that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us;
meaning Darius the Mede, as Kimchi; or rather, or however who must be added, Cyrus the Persian, as R. Obadiah; who were ordered by the Lord to retaliate her, and do as she had done to others, ( Jeremiah 50:15 Jeremiah 50:29 ) ; and in so doing pronounced happy, being the Lord's shepherd, raised up in righteousness to perform his pleasure, ( Isaiah 44:28 ) ( 45:13 ) ; and here wished success by the godly Jews. In like manner the Christian princes will reward mystical Babylon, and be the happy instruments of her ruin, ( Revelation 18:6 ) .

Psalm 137:8 In-Context

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

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

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

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 13:1,19; Isaiah 47:1-15; Jeremiah 25:12,26; Jeremiah 50:1; Jeremiah 50:2-51:58; Jer Jeremiah 50:15; Revelation 18:6