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