Psalms 137 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
2 There on the willows we hung our harps, On the willows there we hung up our lyres. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. There on the poplars we hung our harps,
3 for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.” For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us <i>required of us</i> mirth, <i>saying</i>, Sing us <i>one</i> of the songs of Zion. For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors, jubilation, <i>saying,</i> “Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!” 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 a song of the LORD in a foreign land? How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land? How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? How can we sing the LORD’S song In a foreign land? How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget <i>her cunning</i>. If I forget you, Jerusalem, May my right hand forget <i>its skill.</i> 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 exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy! Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy. 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, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!” Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!” Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase <i>it</i>, rase <i>it, even</i> to the foundation thereof. Remember, LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Those who said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare To its foundation!” Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”
8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us! O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy <i>shall he be</i>, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, Blessed will be one who repays you With the retribution with which you have repaid us. Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
9 Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock! Happy <i>shall he be</i>, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. Blessed will be one who seizes and dashes your children Against the rock. Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
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