Psalms 137
137
PSALM 137
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
1By Babel's streams we sat and wept,
when Sion we thought on.
2In midst thereof we hang'd our harps
the willow-trees upon.
3For there a song required they,
who did us captive bring:
Our spoilers call'd for mirth, and said,
A song of Sion sing.
4O how the Lord's song shall we sing
within a foreign land?
5If thee, Jerus'lem, I forget,
skill part from my right hand.
6My tongue to my mouth's roof let cleave,
if I do thee forget,
Jerusalem, and thee above
my chief joy do not set.
7Remember Edom's children, Lord,
who in Jerus'lems day,
Ev'n unto its foundation,
Raze, raze it quite, did say.
8O daughter thou of Babylon,
near to destruction;
Bless'd shall he be that thee rewards,
as thou to us hast done.
9Yea, happy surely shall he be
thy tender little ones
Who shall lay hold upon,
and them shall dash against the stones.
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Psalms 137
137
1When we sat down by the rivers of Babylon we wept as we remembered Zion.
2We hung up our harps on the willow trees.
3For those who had taken us captive asked us for a song—our tormentors wanted us to sing a happy song from Jerusalem.
4But how could we sing a song dedicated to the Lord in a pagan land?
5If I forget Jerusalem, may my right hand forget how to play;#137:5. Play music.
6May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you—if I don't consider Jerusalem my greatest joy.#137:6. The meaning is that it would be an expression of unfaithfulness to the Lord to sing holy songs meant for Temple worship in a pagan country, and that Jerusalem needed to be still considered as God's holy city.
7Lord, please remember what the people of Edom did on the day Jerusalem fell, the ones who said “Tear it down! Destroy it down to its foundations!”
8Daughter of Babylon, you will be destroyed! Happy is the one who pays you back, who does to you what you did to us!
9Happy is the one who grabs your children and smashes them against the rocks!
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