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Psalm 137 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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An Experience of the Captivity.

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By the rivers H5104 of Babylon H894,

There H8033 we sat H3427 down H3427 and wept H1058,

When we remembered H2142 Zion H6726.

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Upon the [fn]willows H6155 in the midst H8432 of it

We hung H8518 our [fn]harps H3658.

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For there H8033 our captors H7617 [fn]demanded H7592 of us [fn]songs H1697 H7892,

And our tormentors H8437, jubilation H8057, saying,

“Sing H7891 for us one of the songs H7892 of Zion H6726!”

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How H349 can we sing H7891 the LORD’S H3068 song H7892

In a foreign H5236 land H127?

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If H518 I forget H7911 you, Jerusalem H3389,

May my right H3225 hand H3225 [fn]forget H7911 its skill.

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May my tongue H3956 cling H1692 to the roof H2441 of H2441 my mouth H2441

If H518 I do not remember H2142 you,

If H518 I do not [fn]exalt H5927 Jerusalem H3389

Above H5921 my chief H7218 joy H8057.

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Remember H2142, LORD H3068, against the sons H1121 of Edom H123

The day H3117 of Jerusalem H3389,

Those who said H559, “Lay H6168 it bare H6168, lay H6168 it bare H6168

To its foundation H3247!”

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Daughter H1323 of Babylon H894, you [fn]devastated H7703 one,

Blessed H835 will be one who H7945 repays H7999 you

With [fn]the retribution H1576 with which H7945 you have repaid H1580 us.

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Blessed H835 will be one who H7945 seizes H270 and dashes H5310 your children H5768

Against H413 the rock H5553.

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NASB20 Footnotes
Or poplars
Lit lyres
Lit asked
Lit words of song
I.e., become useless
Lit cause to ascend
Or devastator
Lit your requital
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Psalm Chapter 137 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras