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World English Bible Classic
[1] By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down.
Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
[2] On the willows in that land,
we hung up our harps.
[3] For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.
Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
[4] How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?
[5] If I forget you, Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill.
[6] Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you,
if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
[7] Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem,
who said, “Raze it!
Raze it even to its foundation!”
[8] Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,
he will be happy who repays you,
as you have done to us.
[9] Happy shall he be,
who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
King James Version
[1] By the rivers H5104 of Babylon, H894 there H8033 we sat down, H3427 yea, we wept, H1058
When we remembered H2142 H853 Zion. H6726
[2] We hanged H8518 our harps H3658
Upon H5921 the willows H6155 in the midst H8432 thereof.
[3] For H3588 there H8033 they that carried us away captive H7617 required H7592 of us a song; H1697§ H7892 And they that wasted H8437 us§ required of us mirth, H8057 saying,
Sing H7891 us one of the songs H7892 of Zion. H6726
[4] How shall we sing H7891
The Lord’s H3068 H853 song H7892 in a strange H5236 land? H127§
[5] If I forget H7911 thee, O Jerusalem, H3389
Let my right hand H3225 forget H7911 her cunning.
[6] If I do not remember H2142 thee, let my tongue H3956 cleave H1692 to the roof of my mouth; H2441
If I prefer H5927 H853 not H3808 Jerusalem H3389 above my chief H7218 joy. H8057§
[7] Remember, H2142 O Lord, H3068 the children H1121 of Edom H123 H853 in the day H3117 of Jerusalem; H3389
Who said, H559 Rase H6168 it, rase H6168 it, even to the foundation H3247 thereof.
[8] O daughter H1323 of Babylon, H894 who art to be destroyed; H7703§
Happy H835 shall he be, that rewardeth H7999 thee as thou hast served H1580 H1576 us.
[9] Happy H835 shall he be, that taketh H270 and dasheth H5310 H853 thy little ones H5768
Against the stones. H5553§

Footnotes

  1. § 137:3a Heb. the words of a song
  2. § 137:3b Heb. laid us on heaps
  3. § 137:4 Heb. land of a stranger
  4. § 137:6 Heb. the head of my joy
  5. § 137:8 Heb. wasted
  6. § 137:9 Heb. the rock
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Τῷ G3588 Δαυιδ. G1138 Ἐπὶ G1909 τῶν G3588 ποταμῶν G4215 Βαβυλῶνος G897 ἐκεῖ G1563 ἐκαθίσαμεν G2523 καὶ G2532 ἐκλαύσαμεν G2799 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 μνησθῆναι G3415 ἡμᾶς G2248 τῆς G3588 Σιων. G4622 [2] ‡Ἐπὶ G1909 ταῖς G3588 ἰτέαις ἐν G1722 μέσῳ G3319 αὐτῆς G846 ἐκρεμάσαμεν G2910 τὰ G3588 ὄργανα ἡμῶν· G2257 [3] ‡ὅτι G3754 ἐκεῖ G1563 ἐπηρώτησαν G1905 ἡμᾶς G2248 οἱ G3588 αἰχμαλωτεύσαντες G162 ἡμᾶς G2248 λόγους G3056 ᾠδῶν G5603 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἀπαγαγόντες G520 ἡμᾶς G2248 ὕμνον G5215 Ἄισατε G103 ἡμῖν G2254 ἐκ G1537 τῶν G3588 ᾠδῶν G5603 Σιων. G4622 [4] ‡Πῶς G4459 ᾄσωμεν G103 τὴν G3588 ᾠδὴν G5603 κυρίου G2962 ἐπὶ G1909 γῆς G1093 ἀλλοτρίας; G245 [5] ‡Ἐὰν G1437 ἐπιλάθωμαί G1950 σου, G4675 Ιερουσαλημ, G2419 ἐπιλησθείη G1950 ἡ G3588 δεξιά G1188 μου· G3450 [6] ‡κολληθείη G2853 ἡ G3588 γλῶσσά G1100 μου G3450 τῷ G3588 λάρυγγί G2995 μου, G3450 ἐὰν G1437 μή G3361 σου G4675 μνησθῶ, G3415 ἐὰν G1437 μὴ G3361 προανατάξωμαι τὴν G3588 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 ἐν G1722 ἀρχῇ G746 τῆς G3588 εὐφροσύνης G2167 μου. G3450 [7] ‡Μνήσθητι, G3415 κύριε, G2962 τῶν G3588 υἱῶν G5207 Εδωμ τὴν G3588 ἡμέραν G2250 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 τῶν G3588 λεγόντων G3004 Ἐκκενοῦτε ἐκκενοῦτε, ἕως G2193 ὁ G3588 θεμέλιος G2310 ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ. G846 [8] ‡Θυγάτηρ G2364 Βαβυλῶνος G897 ἡ G3588 ταλαίπωρος, G5005 μακάριος G3107 ὃς G3739 ἀνταποδώσει G467 σοι G4671 τὸ G3588 ἀνταπόδομά G468 σου, G4675 ὃ G3739 ἀνταπέδωκας G467 ἡμῖν· G2254 [9] ‡μακάριος G3107 ὃς G3739 κρατήσει G2902 καὶ G2532 ἐδαφιεῖ G1474 τὰ G3588 νήπιά G3516 σου G4675 πρὸς G4314 τὴν G3588 πέτραν. G4073
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 137:1 Originally verse 136:1.
  2. ‡ 137:2 Originally verse 136:2.
  3. ‡ 137:3 Originally verse 136:3.
  4. ‡ 137:4 Originally verse 136:4.
  5. ‡ 137:5 Originally verse 136:5.
  6. ‡ 137:6 Originally verse 136:6.
  7. ‡ 137:7 Originally verse 136:7.
  8. ‡ 137:8 Originally verse 136:8.
  9. ‡ 137:9 Originally verse 136:9.