Psalm 137:8
Strong's Lexicon
O Daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1323: n f 1) daughter 1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin 1a1) as polite address n pr f 1a2) as designation of women of a particular place 2) young women, women 1a3) as personification 1a4) daughter-villages 1a5) description of character

Babylon,
בָּבֶ֗ל (bā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 894: Babel or Babylon = 'confusion (by mixing)' 1) Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates

doomed to destruction,
הַשְּׁד֫וּדָ֥ה (haš·šə·ḏū·ḏāh)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7703: 1) to deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin, destroy, spoil 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to violently destroy, devastate, despoil, assail 1a2) devastator, despoiler (participle) (subst) 1b) (Niphal) to be utterly ruined 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to assault 1c2) to devastate 1d) (Pual) to be devastated 1e) (Poel) to violently destroy 1f) (Hophal) to be devastated

blessed
אַשְׁרֵ֥י (’aš·rê)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 835: 1) happiness, blessedness 1a) often used as interjection 1b) blessed are

is he who repays
שֶׁיְשַׁלֶּם־ (šey·šal·lem-)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7999: 1) to be in a covenant of peace, be at peace 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be at peace 1a2) peaceful one (participle) 1b) (Pual) one in covenant of peace (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make peace with 1c2) to cause to be at peace 1d) (Hophal) to live in peace 2) to be complete, be sound 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to be complete, be finished, be ended 2a2) to be sound, be uninjured 2b) (Piel) 2b1) to complete, finish 2b2) to make safe 2b3) to make whole or good, restore, make compensation 2b4) to make good, pay 2b5) to requite, recompense, reward 2c) (Pual) 2c1) to be performed 2c2) to be repaid, be requited 2d) (Hiphil) 2d1) to complete, perform 2d2) to make an end of

you
לָ֑ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew :

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

as
גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗ךְ (gə·mū·lêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1576: 1) dealing, recompense, benefit 1a) dealing (of one's hand) 1b) recompense 1c) benefit

you have done
שֶׁגָּמַ֥לְתְּ (šeg·gā·malt)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1580: 1) to deal fully with, recompense 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to deal out to, do to 1a2) to deal bountifully with 1a3) to recompense, repay, requite 2) (Qal) to wean a child (Niphal) to be weaned 3) (Qal) to ripen, bear ripe (almonds)

to us.
לָֽנוּ׃ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew :

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

Young's Literal Translation
O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness{.htm" title="{"> of him who repayeth to thee thy deed{.htm" title="{">, That thou hast done to us.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who pays you back what you have done to us.

New American Standard Bible
O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us.

King James Bible
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.

New Living Translation
O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

English Standard Version
O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!

New American Standard Bible
O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us.

King James Bible
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who pays you back what you have done to us.

International Standard Version
Daughter of Babylon! You devastator! How blessed will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

NET Bible
O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!

American Standard Version
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.

English Revised Version
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Young's Literal Translation
O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.
















Cross References
Revelation 18:6
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

Isaiah 13:1
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

Isaiah 13:16
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

Isaiah 47:1
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

Jeremiah 25:12
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

Jeremiah 50:1
The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.

Jeremiah 50:15
Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

Jeremiah 50:29
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:1
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;

Jeremiah 51:24
And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:35
The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
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