Psalms 137
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we 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:
2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
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 they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying , Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
3In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shall multiply strength in my soul.
4How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange 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 thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning .
5And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.
6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
6For the Lord is high, and looketh on the low: and the high he knoweth afar off.
7Remember, O LORD , the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it , rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
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, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be , that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
8The Lord will repay for me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: O despise not the work of thy hands.
9Happy shall he be , that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
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