Psalms 137:8

Psalms 137:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
• New International Version (NIV)Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!
• New King James Version (NKJV)O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!

Context of Psalms 137:8

6I would rather my tongue could no longer move! Yes, I will always remember you, Jerusalem. You are the most important thing that I think about, more than anything else that makes me happy. 7Lord, remember to punish the people of Edom. They were happy when Babylon's army won against Jerusalem. On that day the Edomites said, ‘Knock down the city so that nothing still stands!’ People of Babylon, an army will soon destroy you! They will punish you in the same way that you punished us. May God bless whoever does that to you! 9Just like you did to us, they will hit your babies against a rock. May God bless whoever does that to you!

Psalms 137:8 word by word

בַּת־בָּבֶ֗ל הַשְּׁד֫וּדָ֥ה אַשְׁרֵ֥י שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־לָ֑ךְ אֶת־גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗ךְ שֶׁגָּמַ֥לְתְּ לָֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• who art to be destroyedשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• happyאֶ֫שֶׁר'esher · blessedH835
• that rewardethשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• thee as thou hast servedגְּמוּלgemûl · recompenseH1576
• thee as thou hast servedגָּמַלgâmal · to weanH1580

Cross-references for Psalms 137:8

• Isaiah 47:1‘Babylon, get down on the ground, and sit in the dirt! Come down off your throne, young lady! In the past, nobody has touched you, but people will no longer say that you are so pretty.
• Jeremiah 50:41‘Look! An army is coming from the north. A great nation and many kings are preparing to attack. They are coming from a place that is far away.
• Jeremiah 52:33Jehoiachin no longer had to wear the clothes of a prisoner. Every day for the rest of his life, he ate a meal at the king's table in Babylon.
• Zechariah 2:7Come, my people. Run away from Babylon and return to Jerusalem.’
• Isaiah 13:1This is God's message about Babylon that he showed to Isaiah, the son of Amoz:
• Isaiah 14:4Then you will laugh at the king of Babylon. You will say to him, ‘Now you cannot be cruel to us any more! Your power to cause trouble has finished!
• Isaiah 21:1This is a message about the desert near the sea. Trouble is coming from the desert, like a strong wind that blows from the south. It comes from a land of great fear.
• Jeremiah 25:12The Lord also says, “But after the 70 years have finished, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation. I will punish them for their sins. I will destroy the land of the Babylonians. It will be a heap of stones for ever.
• Jeremiah 50:1The Lord gave this message to the prophet Jeremiah about Babylon city and the people of Babylonia:
• Jeremiah 51:1The Lord says this: ‘I will send an enemy to destroy Babylon and the people of Babylonia. It will come like a strong wind that blows them away.
• Revelation 14:8A second angel followed the first one. He said, ‘God has destroyed Babylon! It is no longer a great city! It has caused people everywhere to do the same bad things as it enjoys. She is like a prostitute who makes men become drunk and have sex in a wrong way. She has caused them to turn away from God.’
• Revelation 17:1One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls came to me. ‘Come with me,’ he said. ‘I will show you how God will punish the great prostitute. She sits at a place where there are many rivers.
• Revelation 18:6Yes, punish the people of that city. Do to them the same things that they have done to others. Punish them with twice the bad things that they themselves have done. She caused people to drink pain from her cup. Now make her drink twice as much pain for herself!
• Psalms 149:6They should shout aloud to praise God, while they hold sharp swords in their hands.
• Isaiah 13:3I, the Lord, have sent my special men. I am very angry. Those men are my brave soldiers who will punish Babylon on my behalf. They are proud because I have made them strong.
• Isaiah 44:28I say about King Cyrus, “He is my shepherd. He will do what I want him to do.” He will give a command about Jerusalem. He will say, “Build the city again!” He will say about the temple, “Build its foundation.” ’

Commentaries on Psalms 137:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8O daughter of Babylon - That is, Babylon itself; the city of Babylon. On the word “daughter” as thus used, see the notes at Isaiah 1:8. Who art to be destroyed - Certainly to be destroyed; of whose destruction there are fixed and absolute prophecies. See the notes at Isaiah 13:19-22. Happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us - Margin, that recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to us. Literally, “Happy shall he be who shall…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-9Verses 5-9 What we love, we love to think of. Those that rejoice in God, for his sake make Jerusalem their joy. They stedfastly resolved to keep up this affection. When suffering, we should recollect with godly sorrow our forfeited mercies, and our sins by which we lost them. If temporal advantages ever render a profession, the worst calamity has befallen him. Far be it from us to avenge ourselves; we will leave it to Him who has said, Vengeance is mine…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9The poet saw how the Edomites betrayed the people of Judah, so he calls on God to judge Edom. The long conflict between Edom and Judah reached its worst point near the end of Judah’s history. At that time, the Edomites handed the Judeans over to the Babylonians (Obadiah 1:10–11) and celebrated Jerusalem's fall. This prayer asking God to bring justice uses strong language and can be shocking.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. Remember ... the children of Edom--(Compare Psa 132:1), that is, to punish. the day of Jerusalem--its downfall (La 4:21, 22; Ob 11-13).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 137

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary