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
Sorrow and Hope in Exile
I
1By the rivers of Babylon
there we sat weeping
when we remembered Zion.#Ez 3:15; Lam 3:48.
2On the poplars in its midst
we hung up our harps.#Is 24:8; Lam 5:14.
3For there our captors asked us
for the words of a song;
Our tormentors, for joy:
“Sing for us a song of Zion!”
4But how could we sing a song of the Lord
in a foreign land?
II
5If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget.#Jer 51:50.
6May my tongue stick to my palate
if I do not remember you,
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
beyond all my delights.
III
7Remember, Lord, against Edom
that day at Jerusalem.
They said: “Level it, level it
down to its foundations!”#Jer 49:7; Lam 4:21–22; Ez 25:12–14.
8Desolate Daughter Babylon, you shall be destroyed,
blessed the one who pays you back
what you have done us!#Is 47:1–3; Jer 50–51.
9#Blessed the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock: the children represent the future generations, and so must be destroyed if the enemy is truly to be eradicated.Blessed the one who seizes your children
and smashes them against the rock.#Hos 14:1.
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