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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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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