Psalms 137 Parallel Bible

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1	<V 136:1>A Psalm of David: to Jeremiah. Above the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept, while we remembered Zion.	By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.	By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
2	<V 136:2>By the willow trees, in their midst, we hung up our instruments.	On the willows there we hung up our lyres.	There on the poplars we hung our harps,
3	<V 136:3>For, in that place, those who led us into captivity questioned us about the words of the songs. And those who carried us away said: “Sing us a hymn from the songs of Zion.”	For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”	for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4	<V 136:4>How can we sing a song of the Lord in a foreign land?	How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?	How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?
5	<V 136:5>If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.	If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill!	If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.
6	<V 136:6>May my tongue adhere to my jaws, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem first, as the beginning of my joy.	Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!	May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.
7	<V 136:7>O Lord, call to mind the sons of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem, who say: “Despoil it, despoil it, even to its foundation.”	Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!”	Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”
8	<V 136:8>O daughter of Babylon, have pity. Blessed is he who will repay you with your payment, which you have paid to us.	O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!	Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
9	<V 136:9>Blessed is he who will take hold of your little ones and dash them against the rock.	Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!	Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
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Psalms 137 Parallel Bible Translations