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Psalm 137
New International Version

### Psalm 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon(A) we sat and wept(B)
when we remembered Zion.(C)
2 There on the poplars(D)
we hung our harps,(E)
3 for there our captors(F) asked us for songs,
our tormentors demanded(G) songs of joy;
they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”(H)

4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord(I)
while in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you,(J) Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.
6 May my tongue cling to the roof(K) of my mouth
if I do not remember(L) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem(M)
my highest joy.

7 Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(N) did
on the day Jerusalem fell.(O)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
“tear it down to its foundations!”(P)
8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(Q)
happy is the one who repays you
according to what you have done to us.
9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants
and dashes them(R) against the rocks.

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 137:1 : Eze 1:1, 3; 3:15; 10:15
2. Psalm 137:1 : Ne 1:4
3. Psalm 137:1 : Isa 3:26; La 1:4
4. Psalm 137:2 : S Lev 23:40
5. Psalm 137:2 : Job 30:31; Isa 24:8; Eze 26:13; Am 6:5
6. Psalm 137:3 : Ps 79:1-4; La 1:5
7. Psalm 137:3 : S Job 30:9; Ps 80:6
8. Psalm 137:3 : Eze 16:57; 22:4; 34:29
9. Psalm 137:4 : S Ne 12:46
10. Psalm 137:5 : Isa 2:3; 56:7; 65:11; 66:20
11. Psalm 137:6 : S Ps 22:15
12. Psalm 137:6 : Ne 2:3
13. Psalm 137:6 : S Dt 4:29; Jer 51:50; Eze 6:9
14. Psalm 137:7 : S Ge 25:30; S 2Ch 28:17; S Ps 83:6; La 4:21-22
15. Psalm 137:7 : 2Ki 25:1-10; Ob 1:11
16. Psalm 137:7 : Ps 74:8
17. Psalm 137:8 : Isa 13:1, 19; 47:1-15; Jer 25:12, 26; 50:1; 50:2-51:58
18. Psalm 137:9 : S 2Ki 8:12; S Isa 13:16; Lk 19:44

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