Psalm 137 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

An Experience of the Captivity.

Psa 137:1By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down and wept,
When we remembered Zion.

Psa 137:2Upon the [fn]willows in the midst of it
We hung our [fn]harps.

Psa 137:3For there our captors [fn]demanded of us [fn]songs,
And our tormentors mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

Psa 137:4

Psa 137:4How can we sing the LORD’S song
In a foreign land?

Psa 137:5

Psa 137:5If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
May my right hand [fn]forget her skill.

Psa 137:6

Psa 137:6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not [fn]exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.

Psa 137:7

Psa 137:7Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, “Raze it, raze it
To its very foundation.”

Psa 137:8

Psa 137:8O daughter of Babylon, you [fn]devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who repays you
With [fn]the recompense with which you have repaid us.

Psa 137:9

Psa 137:9How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones
Against the rock.

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NASB95 Footnotes

Or, poplars

Literally: lyres

Literally: asked

Literally: words of song

(137:5)

I.e. become lame

(137:6)

Literally: cause to ascend

(137:8)

Or, devastator

(137:8)

Literally: your recompense

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Psalm 137 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

An Experience of the Captivity.

NASB95 Footnotes

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