Psalms 137 : 1

Psalms 137

Verse: 1

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

Psalms 137

Verse: 2

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

Psalms 137

Verse: 3

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

Psalms 137

Verse: 4

How shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land?

Psalms 137

Verse: 5

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

Psalms 137

Verse: 6

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Psalms 137

Verse: 7

Remember, O lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

Psalms 137

Verse: 8

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Psalms 137

Verse: 9

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.