Psalm 137 Lyrics
Psalms 137:1: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Psalms 137:2: We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Psalms 137:3: 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.
Psalms 137:4: How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
Psalms 137:5: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
Psalms 137:6: 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.
Psalms 137:7: Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
Psalms 137:8: O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Psalms 137:9: Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Psalms 137:2: We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Psalms 137:3: 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.
Psalms 137:4: How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
Psalms 137:5: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
Psalms 137:6: 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.
Psalms 137:7: Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
Psalms 137:8: O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Psalms 137:9: Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
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This is one of the best known psalms – the opening lines have been set to music on several occasions (notably by the reggae group The Melodians), and the hymn yearning for Jerusalem is often repeated throughout Jewish liturgy (especially in the context of Passover)
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