Psalms - Chapter 137 | Good News Translation

  • 1. By the rivers of Babylon we sat down; there we wept when we remembered Zion.
  • 2. On the willows near by we hung up our harps.
  • 3. Those who captured us told us to sing; they told us to entertain them: "Sing us a song about Zion."
  • 4. How can we sing a song to the LORD in a foreign land?
  • 5. May I never be able to play the harp again if I forget you, Jerusalem!
  • 6. May I never be able to sing again if I do not remember you, if I do not think of you as my greatest joy!
  • 7. Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did the day Jerusalem was captured. Remember how they kept saying, "Tear it down to the ground!"
  • 8. Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy are those who pay you back for what you have done to us---
  • 9. who take your babies and smash them against a rock.
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