New International Version - Psalms 137 (NIV 11)

Psalms Chapter 137 (NIV 11)

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¹ By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

² There on the poplars we hung our harps,

³ 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 the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?

⁵ 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 consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

⁷ Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”

⁸ Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.

⁹ Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

#	NIV 11
1	By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
2	There on the poplars we hung our harps,
3	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 the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?
5	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 consider Jerusalem my highest joy.
7	Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”
8	Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
9	Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

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