PSALM 137

 

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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PSALM 137

Read by David Suchet

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              Joshua Aaron - Bring Us Back (By The Rivers of Babylon) Psalm 137

 

PSALM 137 - Ian White

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