The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Psalms 137
1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat
down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered
Zion.
2 On the willows in that land,
we hung up our harps.
3 For there, those who led us captive asked
us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded
songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a
foreign land?
5 If I forget you, Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill.
6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my
mouth if I don’t remember you,
if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my
chief joy.
7 Remember, Yahweh, against the children
of Edom in the day of Jerusalem,
who said, “Raze it!
Raze it even to its foundation!”
8 Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,
he will be happy who repays you,
as you have done to us.
9 Happy shall he be,
who takes and dashes your little ones
against the rock.