Psalm 137

English Standard Version

How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?

1 By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 On the willows^[1] there we hung up our lyres. 3 For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4 How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land? (Ne 2:3) 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! (Ps 76:5) 6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! (Job 29:10; Eze 3:26) 7 Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!” (Job 18:20; Isa 34:5; Jer 49:7; La 4:21; Eze 25:12; Eze 35:2; Am 1:11; Ob 1:8; Hab 3:13; Zep 2:14)

Job 18:20Isa 34:5Jer 49:7La 4:21Eze 25:12Eze 35:2Am 1:11Ob 1:8Hab 3:13Zep 2:14

8 O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us! (Ps 28:4; Isa 13:1; Isa 21:9; Isa 47:1; Jer 25:12; Jer 50:1; Jer 51:1; Jer 51:24; Jer 51:56)

Ps 28:4Isa 13:1Isa 21:9Isa 47:1Jer 25:12Jer 50:1Jer 51:1Jer 51:24Jer 51:56

9 Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock! (2Ki 8:12; Isa 13:16; Ho 10:14; Na 3:10)

2Ki 8:12Isa 13:16Ho 10:14Na 3:10

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Psalm 137

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Psalm 137

1 An den Strömen Babels, da saßen wir und weinten, wenn wir an Zion dachten. (Ezr 8:21; La 3:48; Eze 1:1) 2 An die Pappeln dort hängten wir unsere Zithern. (Isa 24:8) 3 Denn die uns gefangen hielten, forderten dort von uns die Worte eines Liedes, und die uns wehklagen machten, ⟨forderten⟩ Freude: »Singt uns eins der Zionslieder!« (Pr 25:20) 4 Wie sollten wir des HERRN Lied singen auf fremder Erde? 5 Wenn ich dich vergesse, Jerusalem, so werde vergessen^[1] meine Rechte! (Jer 51:50) 6 Es klebe meine Zunge an meinem Gaumen, wenn ich deiner nicht gedenke, wenn ich Jerusalem nicht zu meiner höchsten Freude erhebe^[2]! 7 Rechne, HERR, den Söhnen Edom den Tag Jerusalems an^[3], die da sprachen: Legt bloß, legt bloß – bis auf ihren Grund! (Ne 6:14; Jer 49:7; La 4:21; Eze 25:12; Eze 35:15; Ob 1:10)

Ne 6:14Jer 49:7La 4:21Eze 25:12Eze 35:15Ob 1:10

8 Tochter Babel, du Verwüsterin^[4]! Glücklich, der dir vergilt dein Tun, das du uns angetan hast. (Jer 50:29; Re 18:6) 9 Glücklich, der deine Kinder ergreift und sie am Felsen zerschmettert! (Isa 13:16)