Psalms 137
137
The Song of Our Captivity
1Along the banks of Babylon’s rivers
we sat as exiles, mourning our captivity,
and wept with great love for Zion.
2Our music and mirth were no longer heard, only sadness.
We hung up our harps on the willow trees.
3Our captors tormented us, saying, “Make music for us and
sing one of your happy Zion-songs!”
4But how could we sing the song of the Lord
in this foreign wilderness?
5May my hands never make music again
if I ever forget you, O Jerusalem.
6May I never be able to sing again if I fail to honor Jerusalem supremely!
7And Lord, may you never forget
what the sons of Edom did to us, saying,
“Let’s raze the city of Jerusalem and burn it to the ground!” # 137:7 The Hebrew text reads “Strip her [Jerusalem] naked!”
8Listen, O Babylon, you evil destroyer!
The one who destroys you will be rewarded above all others.
You will be repaid for what you’ve done to us.
9Great honor will come to those who destroy you and your future,
by smashing your infants against the rubble of your own destruction.
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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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