# Psalm 137 ## Psalm 137:1 - [KJV] By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. - [ASV] By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion. - [YLT] By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. ### Notes on Psalm 137:1 - ## Psalm 137:2 - [KJV] We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. - [ASV] Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps. - [YLT] On willows in its midst we hung our harps. ### Notes on Psalm 137:2 - ## Psalm 137:3 - [KJV] For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us *required of us* mirth, *saying*, Sing us *one* of the songs of Zion. - [ASV] For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us *required of us* mirth, *saying*, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. - [YLT] For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers -- joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.' ### Notes on Psalm 137:3 - ## Psalm 137:4 - [KJV] How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? - [ASV] How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land? - [YLT] How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger? ### Notes on Psalm 137:4 - ## Psalm 137:5 - [KJV] If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget *her cunning*. - [ASV] If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget *her skill*. - [YLT] If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth! ### Notes on Psalm 137:5 - ## Psalm 137:6 - [KJV] If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. - [ASV] Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy. - [YLT] My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy. ### Notes on Psalm 137:6 - ## Psalm 137:7 - [KJV] Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase *it*, rase *it, even* to the foundation thereof. - [ASV] Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof. - [YLT] Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase to its foundation!' ### Notes on Psalm 137:7 - ## Psalm 137:8 - [KJV] O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy *shall he be*, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. - [ASV] O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us. - [YLT] O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us. ### Notes on Psalm 137:8 - ## Psalm 137:9 - [KJV] Happy *shall he be*, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. - [ASV] Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. - [YLT] O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock! ### Notes on Psalm 137:9 -