Psalm 137:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
III
7 Remember, Lord, against Edom
that day at Jerusalem.
They said: “Level it, level it
down to its foundations!”(A)
8 Desolate Daughter Babylon, you shall be destroyed,
blessed the one who pays you back
what you have done us!(B)
9 [a]Blessed the one who seizes your children
and smashes them against the rock.(C)
Footnotes
- 137:9 Blessed the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock: the children represent the future generations, and so must be destroyed if the enemy is truly to be eradicated.
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