Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and
wept when we remembered Zion.
By the rivers of Babylon ,
There
we sat down,
yea,
we
wept ,
When we remembered Zion.
There
on
the willows we hung
our harps ,
Upon
the willows in
the
midst
thereof
We hanged
up
our harps .
for there our
captors
requested
a
song;
our
tormentors
demanded
songs of joy:
“
Sing us a
song
of Zion. ”
For there they
that
led
us
captive
required
of
us
songs ,
And
they
that
wasted
us
`required
of us'
mirth,
`saying',
Sing us one
of the
songs
of
Zion.
How can
we sing a
song of
the
LORD
in a foreign land?
How shall
we sing Jehovah's
song In a foreign land?
If I forget you
, O Jerusalem, may
my right hand cease
to
function
.
If I forget thee
, O Jerusalem, Let
my right hand forget
`her
skill'
.
May
my tongue cling
to the roof of my mouth if I do
not
remember you,
if I do
not exalt
Jerusalem as
my greatest
joy !
Let
my tongue cleave
to the roof of my mouth ,
If I remember thee
not;
If I prefer
not Jerusalem Above
my chief
joy .
Remember, O LORD
, the sons
of Edom on
the day Jerusalem fell:
“Destroy
it,”
they
said, “tear
it down
to its
foundations!”
Remember, O Jehovah
, against
the children
of Edom The day of
Jerusalem ;
Who
said, Rase
it ,
rase
it,
Even
to the
foundation
thereof.
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed
to destruction
, blessed
is
he who
repays
you
as you
have
done
to
us.
O daughter of Babylon, that
art
to be
destroyed
, Happy
shall
he be,
that
rewardeth
thee
As thou
hast
served
us.
Blessed
is
he who
seizes
your
infants
and dashes
them
against the rocks
.
Happy
shall
he be,
that
taketh
and dasheth
thy
little
ones
Against the rock
. Psalm
138
A
`Psalm'
of
David.
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