King James Version
Psalms 137
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
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.12
4How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?3
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
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.4
7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.5
8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.67
9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.8
Notes
- 1. Psalms 137:3 a song: Heb. the words of a song ↩
- 2. Psalms 137:3 wasted…: Heb. laid us on heaps ↩
- 3. Psalms 137:4 strange…: Heb. land of a stranger? ↩
- 4. Psalms 137:6 my chief…: Heb. the head of my joy ↩
- 5. Psalms 137:7 Rase it: Heb. Make bare ↩
- 6. Psalms 137:8 destroyed: Heb. wasted ↩
- 7. Psalms 137:8 rewardeth…: Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to us ↩
- 8. Psalms 137:9 the stones: Heb. the rock ↩
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
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