New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 137

An Experience of the Captivity.

1By the 1riversH5104 of BabylonH894, ThereH8033 we satH3427 downH3427 and 2weptH1058, When we rememberedH2142 ZionH6726.2Upon the 3 4willowsH6155 in the midstH8432 of it We 5hungH8518 our 6harpsH3658.3For thereH8033 our captorsH7617 7 8demandedH7592 of us 9songsH1697 H7892, And 10our tormentorsH8437 mirthH8057, saying, “SingH7891 us one of the songsH7892 of ZionH6726.”

4HowH349 can we singH7891 11the Lord’sH3068 songH7892 In a foreignH5236 landH127?5IfH518 I 12forgetH7911 you, O JerusalemH3389, May my rightH3225 handH3225 13forgetH7911 her skill.6May my 14tongueH3956 clingH1692 to the roofH2441 of my mouthH2441 IfH518 I do not rememberH2142 you, IfH518 I do not 15 16exaltH5927 JerusalemH3389 AboveH5921 my chiefH7218 joyH8057.

7RememberH2142, O LordH3068, against the sonsH1121 of 17EdomH112 The dayH3117 of JerusalemH3389, Who saidH559, “RazeH6168 it, razeH6168 it 18To its very foundationH3247.”8O daughterH1323 of BabylonH894, you 19 20devastatedH7703 one, How blessedH835 will be the one whoH7945 21repaysH7999 you With 22the recompenseH1576 with whichH7945 you have repaidH1580 us.9How blessedH835 will be the one whoH7945 seizesH270 and 23dashesH5310 your littleH5768 onesH5768 AgainstH413 the rockH5553.

1. Psalms 137:1 Ezek 1:1, 3 ↩
2. Psalms 137:1 Neh 1:4 ↩
3. Psalms 137:2 Or poplars ↩
4. Psalms 137:2 Lev 23:40; Is 44:4 ↩
5. Psalms 137:2 Job 30:31; Is 24:8; Ezek 26:13 ↩
6. Psalms 137:2 Lit lyres ↩
7. Psalms 137:3 Lit asked ↩
8. Psalms 137:3 Ps 80:6 ↩
9. Psalms 137:3 Lit words of song ↩
10. Psalms 137:3 Is 49:17 ↩
11. Psalms 137:4 2 Chr 29:27; Neh 12:46 ↩
12. Psalms 137:5 Is 65:11 ↩
13. Psalms 137:5 I.e. become lame ↩
14. Psalms 137:6 Job 29:10; Ps 22:15; Ezek 3:26 ↩
15. Psalms 137:6 Lit cause to ascend ↩
16. Psalms 137:6 Neh 2:3 ↩
17. Psalms 137:7 Ps 83:4-8; Is 34:5, 6; Jer 49:7-22; Lam 4:21; Ezek 25:12-14; 35:2; Amos 1:11; Obad 10-14 ↩
18. Psalms 137:7 Ps 74:7; Hab 3:13 ↩
19. Psalms 137:8 Or devastator ↩
20. Psalms 137:8 Is 13:1-22; 47:1-15; Jer 25:12; 50:1-46; 51:1-64 ↩
21. Psalms 137:8 Jer 50:15; 51:24, 35, 36, 49; Rev 18:6 ↩
22. Psalms 137:8 Lit your recompense ↩
23. Psalms 137:9 2 Kin 8:12; Is 13:16; Hos 13:16; Nah 3:10 ↩