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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.
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 we sat down, H3427 (QalPerf) yea, we wept, H1058 (QalPerf)
When we remembered H2142 (QalInf) Zion. H6726
[2] We hanged H8518 (QalPerf) our harps H3658
Upon the willows H6155 in the midst H8432 thereof.
[3] For there they that carried us away captive H7617 (QalActPtc) required H7592 (QalPerf) of us a song; H1697§ And they that wasted H8437 us§ required of us mirth, H8057 saying,
Sing H7891 (QalImpv) us one of the songs H7892 of Zion. H6726
[4] How shall we sing H7891 (QalImpf)
The Lord’s H3068 song H7892 in a strange H5236 land? H127§
[5] If I forget H7911 (QalImpf) thee, O Jerusalem, H3389
Let my right hand H3225 forget H7911 (QalImpf) her cunning.
[6] If I do not remember H2142 (QalImpf) thee, let my tongue H3956 cleave H1692 (QalImpf) to the roof of my mouth; H2441
If I prefer H5927 (HiphImpf) not Jerusalem H3389 above my chief H7218 joy. H8057§
[7] Remember, H2142 (QalImpv) O Lord, H3068 the children H1121 of Edom H123 in the day H3117 of Jerusalem; H3389
Who said, H559 (QalActPtc) Rase H6168 (PielImpv) it, rase H6168 (PielImpv) it, even to the foundation H3247 thereof.
[8] O daughter H1323 of Babylon, H894 who art to be destroyed; H7703 (QalPasPtc)§
Happy H835 shall he be, that rewardeth H7999 (PielImpf) thee as thou hast served H1580 (QalPerf) us.
[9] Happy H835 shall he be, that taketh H270 (QalImpf) and dasheth H5310 (PielPerf) thy little ones H5768
Against the stones. H5553§
When we remembered H2142 (QalInf) Zion. H6726
[2] We hanged H8518 (QalPerf) our harps H3658
Upon the willows H6155 in the midst H8432 thereof.
[3] For there they that carried us away captive H7617 (QalActPtc) required H7592 (QalPerf) of us a song; H1697§ And they that wasted H8437 us§ required of us mirth, H8057 saying,
Sing H7891 (QalImpv) us one of the songs H7892 of Zion. H6726
[4] How shall we sing H7891 (QalImpf)
The Lord’s H3068 song H7892 in a strange H5236 land? H127§
[5] If I forget H7911 (QalImpf) thee, O Jerusalem, H3389
Let my right hand H3225 forget H7911 (QalImpf) her cunning.
[6] If I do not remember H2142 (QalImpf) thee, let my tongue H3956 cleave H1692 (QalImpf) to the roof of my mouth; H2441
If I prefer H5927 (HiphImpf) not Jerusalem H3389 above my chief H7218 joy. H8057§
[7] Remember, H2142 (QalImpv) O Lord, H3068 the children H1121 of Edom H123 in the day H3117 of Jerusalem; H3389
Who said, H559 (QalActPtc) Rase H6168 (PielImpv) it, rase H6168 (PielImpv) it, even to the foundation H3247 thereof.
[8] O daughter H1323 of Babylon, H894 who art to be destroyed; H7703 (QalPasPtc)§
Happy H835 shall he be, that rewardeth H7999 (PielImpf) thee as thou hast served H1580 (QalPerf) us.
[9] Happy H835 shall he be, that taketh H270 (QalImpf) and dasheth H5310 (PielPerf) thy little ones H5768
Against the stones. H5553§
Footnotes
- § 137:3a Heb. the words of a song
- § 137:3b Heb. laid us on heaps
- § 137:4 Heb. land of a stranger
- § 137:6 Heb. the head of my joy
- § 137:8 Heb. wasted
- § 137:9 Heb. the rock
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