Psalm 137:1-2
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Psalm 137
Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem
1 By the rivers of Babylon—
there we sat down and there we wept
when we remembered Zion.
2 On the willows[a] there
we hung up our harps.
Footnotes
- Psalm 137:2 Or poplars
Psalm 137:3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
3 For there our captors
asked us for songs,
and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying,
‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion!’
Psalm 137:3
New International Version
Psalm 137:4-5
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
4 How could we sing the Lord’s song
in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand wither!
Psalm 137:4-5
New International Version
Psalm 137:6
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy.
Psalm 137:6
New International Version
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