137:1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
The NIV Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 1 , By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
137:2 There on the poplars we hung our harps,
The NIV Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 2 , There on the poplars we hung our harps,
137:3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion!'
The NIV Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 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!'
137:4 How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?
The NIV Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 4 , How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?
137:5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.
The NIV Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 5 , If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.
137:6 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.
The NIV Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 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.
137:7 Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. 'Tear it down,' they cried, 'tear it down to its foundations!'
The NIV Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 7 , Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. 'Tear it down,' they cried, 'tear it down to its foundations!'
137:8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us--
The NIV Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 8 , O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us--
137:9 he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
The NIV Book of Psalms , Chapter 137 , Verse 9 , he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.