Psalms 137 (NET)

Psalms 137:1¹By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Psalms 137:2²On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Psalms 137:3³for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: “Sing for us a song about Zion!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Psalms 137:4⁴How can we sing a song to the Lord in a foreign land?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Psalms 137:5⁵If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Psalms 137:6⁶May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Psalms 137:7⁷Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, “Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Psalms 137:8⁸O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated, how blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Psalms 137:9⁹How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions