Sorrows of the exiles in Babylon
1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
2 We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song, and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cleverness.
6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem’s fall, who said, “Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof!”
8 O daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed, happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
— Psalm 137 | 21st Century King James Version (KJV21)
The Holy Bible; 21st Century King James Version Copyright © 1994 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc.
Cross References: Leviticus 23:40; 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Chronicles 12:46; Nehemiah 1:4; Nehemiah 2:3; Nehemiah 12:46; Job 29:10; Job 30:31; Psalm 74:7; Psalm 80:6; Psalm 83:4; Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 49:17; Isaiah 65:11; Ezekiel 1:1; Mark 9:18; Revelation 18:6
Psalm 137 by Charles Spurgeon