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; Isa 34:6; La 4:21; La 4:22; Eze 35:2; Am 1:11; Am 1:12; Hab 3:13; Zep 2:14)

Job 18:20Isa 34:5Isa 34:6La 4:21La 4:22Eze 35:2Am 1:11Am 1:12Hab 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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1 Junto a los ríos de Babilonia nos sentábamos, y llorábamos al acordarnos de Sión. 2 En los álamos que había en la ciudad colgábamos nuestras arpas. 3 Allí, los que nos tenían cautivos nos pedían que entonáramos canciones; nuestros opresores nos pedían estar alegres; nos decían: «¡Cántennos un cántico de Sión!» 4 ¿Cómo cantar las canciones del Señor en una tierra extraña? 5 Ah, Jerusalén, Jerusalén, si llegara yo a olvidarte, ¡que la mano derecha se me seque! 6 Si de ti no me acordara, ni te pusiera por encima de mi propia alegría, ¡que la lengua se me pegue al paladar! 7 Señor, acuérdate de los edomitas el día en que cayó Jerusalén. «¡Arrásenla —gritaban—, arrásenla hasta sus cimientos!» 8 Hija de Babilonia, que has de ser destruida, ¡dichoso el que te haga pagar por todo lo que nos has hecho! 9 ¡Dichoso el que agarre a tus pequeños y los estrelle contra las rocas!