Psalms 137
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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
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and wept
when we remembered Zion.
2#Ps 63:1; 84:2 We hung our harps
upon the poplars.
3#Ps 79:10; 80:5 For there our captors made us sing
and our tormentors made us entertain,
saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
4#Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8 How shall we sing the song of the Lord
in a foreign land?
5#Ps 42:11; 43:5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill.
6#2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9 If I do not remember you,
let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not have Jerusalem
as my highest joy.
7#Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 Remember, O Lord, the people of Edom
in the day of Jerusalem,
who said, “Raze it, raze it,
down to its foundations.”
8#Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed,
blessed is the one who rewards you
as you have done to us.
9#Ps 38:6; 18:2 Blessed is the one who takes
and dashes your little ones against the rocks.
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