Psalms 137
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
1I will praise thee, O lord, with my whole heart: for thou hast heard the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to thee in the sight of his angels:
2There on the willows we hung our harps,
2I will worship towards thy holy temple, and I will give glory to thy name. For thy mercy, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy holy name above all.
3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
3In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shall multiply strength in my soul.
4How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
4May all the kings of the earth give glory to thee: for they have heard all the words of thy mouth.
5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
5And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.
6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
6For the Lord is high, and looketh on the low: and the high he knoweth afar off.
7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
7If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken me: and thou hast stretched forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies: and thy right hand hath saved me.
8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
8The Lord will repay for me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: O despise not the work of thy hands.
9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
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