Psalms 137 : 1 (NLV)
We sat down and cried by the rivers of Babylon when we remembered Zion.
Psalms 137 : 2 (NLV)
There upon the trees we put our harps.
Psalms 137 : 3 (NLV)
For those who held us there made us sing. And those who made it hard for us asked for joy. They said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."
Psalms 137 : 4 (NLV)
How can we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?
Psalms 137 : 5 (NLV)
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget what it is able to do.
Psalms 137 : 6 (NLV)
May my tongue hold to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not honor Jerusalem above my highest joy.
Psalms 137 : 7 (NLV)
O Lord, remember what the sons of Edom did on the day Jerusalem fell. "Knock it down," they said, "Knock it down to the ground."
Psalms 137 : 8 (NLV)
O daughter of Babylon, you who will be destroyed, how honored will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us!
Psalms 137 : 9 (NLV)
How honored will be the one who catches your children and throws them against the rock!
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