Psalms 137 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem. 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 We put away our harps, hanging them on the branches of poplar trees. On the willows there we hung up our lyres. There on the poplars we hung our harps,
3 For our captors demanded a song from us. Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn: “Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!” 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 But how can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a pagan 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 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to play the harp. 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 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I fail to remember you, if I don’t make Jerusalem my greatest 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 O LORD, remember what the Edomites did on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem. “Destroy it!” they yelled. “Level it to the ground!” 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 O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done 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 Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks! 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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