Psalm 137 – read and compare multiple versions of the Bible

^[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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

^[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

Psalm 137:3a Heb. the words of a song
Psalm 137:3b Heb. laid us on heaps
Psalm 137:4 Heb. land of a stranger
Psalm 137:6 Heb. the head of my joy
Psalm 137:8 Heb. wasted
Psalm 137:9 Heb. the rock

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

^{[1] ‡}Τῷ G3588 (T-DSM) Δαυιδ. G1138 (N-PRI) Ἐπὶ G1909 (PREP) τῶν G3588 (T-GPM) ποταμῶν G4215 (N-GPM) Βαβυλῶνος G897 (N-GSF) ἐκεῖ G1563 (ADV) ἐκαθίσαμεν G2523 (V-AAI-1P) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἐκλαύσαμεν G2799 (V-AAI-1P) ἐν G1722 (PREP) τῷ G3588 (T-DSN) μνησθῆναι G3415 (V-APN) ἡμᾶς G2248 (P-1AP) τῆς G3588 (T-GSF) Σιων. G4622 (N-PRI)
^{[2] ‡}Ἐπὶ G1909 (PREP) ταῖς G3588 (T-DPF) ἰτέαις ἐν G1722 (PREP) μέσῳ G3319 (A-DSN) αὐτῆς G846 (P-GSF) ἐκρεμάσαμεν G2910 (V-AAI-1P) τὰ G3588 (T-APN) ὄργανα ἡμῶν· G2257 (P-1GP)
^{[3] ‡}ὅτι G3754 (CONJ) ἐκεῖ G1563 (ADV) ἐπηρώτησαν G1905 (V-AAI-3P) ἡμᾶς G2248 (P-1AP) οἱ G3588 (T-NPM) αἰχμαλωτεύσαντες G162 (V-AAP-NPM) ἡμᾶς G2248 (P-1AP) λόγους G3056 (N-APM) ᾠδῶν G5603 (N-GPF) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) οἱ G3588 (T-NPM) ἀπαγαγόντες G520 (V-2AAP-NPM) ἡμᾶς G2248 (P-1AP) ὕμνον G5215 (N-ASM) Ἄισατε G103 (V-AAM-2P) ἡμῖν G2254 (P-1DP) ἐκ G1537 (PREP) τῶν G3588 (T-GPF) ᾠδῶν G5603 (N-GPF) Σιων. G4622 (N-PRI)
^{[4] ‡}Πῶς G4459 (ADV-I) ᾄσωμεν G103 (V-AAS-1P) τὴν G3588 (T-ASF) ᾠδὴν G5603 (N-ASF) κυρίου G2962 (N-GSM) ἐπὶ G1909 (PREP) γῆς G1093 (N-GSF) ἀλλοτρίας; G245 (A-GSF)
^{[5] ‡}Ἐὰν G1437 (COND) ἐπιλάθωμαί G1950 (V-2ADS-1S) σου, G4675 (P-2GS) Ιερουσαλημ, G2419 (N-PRI) ἐπιλησθείη G1950 (V-APO-3S) ἡ G3588 (T-NSF) δεξιά G1188 (A-NSF) μου· G3450 (P-1GS)
^{[6] ‡}κολληθείη G2853 (V-APO-3S) ἡ G3588 (T-NSF) γλῶσσά G1100 (N-NSF) μου G3450 (P-1GS) τῷ G3588 (T-DSM) λάρυγγί G2995 (N-DSM) μου, G3450 (P-1GS) ἐὰν G1437 (COND) μή G3361 (PRT-N) σου G4675 (P-2GS) μνησθῶ, G3415 (V-APS-1S) ἐὰν G1437 (COND) μὴ G3361 (PRT-N) προανατάξωμαι τὴν G3588 (T-ASF) Ιερουσαλημ G2419 (N-PRI) ἐν G1722 (PREP) ἀρχῇ G746 (N-DSF) τῆς G3588 (T-GSF) εὐφροσύνης G2167 (N-GSF) μου. G3450 (P-1GS)
^{[7] ‡}Μνήσθητι, G3415 (V-APM-2S) κύριε, G2962 (N-VSM) τῶν G3588 (T-GPM) υἱῶν G5207 (N-GPM) Εδωμ τὴν G3588 (T-ASF) ἡμέραν G2250 (N-ASF) Ιερουσαλημ G2419 (N-PRI) τῶν G3588 (T-GPM) λεγόντων G3004 (V-PAP-GPM) Ἐκκενοῦτε ἐκκενοῦτε, ἕως G2193 (ADV) ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) θεμέλιος G2310 (N-NSM) ἐν G1722 (PREP) αὐτῇ. G846 (P-DSF)
^{[8] ‡}Θυγάτηρ G2364 (N-NSF) Βαβυλῶνος G897 (N-GSF) ἡ G3588 (T-NSF) ταλαίπωρος, G5005 (A-NSF) μακάριος G3107 (A-NSM) ὃς G3739 (R-NSM) ἀνταποδώσει G467 (V-FAI-3S) σοι G4671 (P-2DS) τὸ G3588 (T-ASN) ἀνταπόδομά G468 (N-ASN) σου, G4675 (P-2GS) ὃ G3739 (R-ASN) ἀνταπέδωκας G467 (V-AAI-2S) ἡμῖν· G2254 (P-1DP)
^{[9] ‡}μακάριος G3107 (A-NSM) ὃς G3739 (R-NSM) κρατήσει G2902 (V-FAI-3S) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἐδαφιεῖ G1474 (V-FAI-3S) τὰ G3588 (T-APN) νήπιά G3516 (A-APN) σου G4675 (P-2GS) πρὸς G4314 (PREP) τὴν G3588 (T-ASF) πέτραν. G4073 (N-ASF)

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

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.