PSALM 137

Psalm 137 New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept

when we remembered Zion. 2 There on the poplars

3 for there our captors asked us for songs,

our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord

while in a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. 6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth

if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

7 Remember, Lord, what the Edomites did

on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!” 8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,

happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us. 9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants

and dashes them against the rocks.

New International Version (NIV)