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Psalms 137

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1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

2Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.

3For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?

5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.

6Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

7Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.

8O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.

9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.

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Parallel translations · Psalms 137:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

By rivers of Babylon--There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

For David himself. I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: for thou hast heard the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to thee in the sight of the angels:

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Psalms 137:1.

  • Daniel 9:3

    And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

  • Job 2:12

    And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

  • Psalms 102:9

    For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

  • Ezra 8:31

    Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the lier-in-wait by the way.

  • Jeremiah 15:17

    I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.

  • Isaiah 66:10

    Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her;

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