Verse 1
Psalms 137:1
Young's Literal Translation
1
By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַ֥ל נַהֲר֨וֹת בָּבֶ֗ל שָׁ֣ם יָ֭שַׁבְנוּ גַּם בָּכִ֑ינוּ בְּ֝/זָכְרֵ֗/נוּ אֶת צִיּֽוֹן
English Translation
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; also we wept when we remembered Zion.
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Chapter 137 Context
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By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
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On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
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3
For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers -- joy: 'Sing ye to us of a son...
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4
How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
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If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
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My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my...
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Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase to its foun...
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O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That t...
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O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!
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