{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":137,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/136","next":"psalms/138","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when we remembered Zion."}],"h":"By the Rivers of Babylon","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"There on the willows we hung our harps,","f":["Or poplars"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"There on the willows"},{"style":"indent2","t":"we hung our harps,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy:“ Sing us a song of Zion.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"for there our captors requested a song;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"our tormentors demanded songs of joy:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Sing us a song of Zion.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How can we sing a song of the LORD"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in a foreign land?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If I forget you, O Jerusalem,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may my right hand cease to function."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if I do not remember you,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"if I do not exalt Jerusalem"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as my greatest joy!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem [fell]:“ Destroy it,” they said,“ tear it down to its foundations!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Remember, O LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem [fell]:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Destroy it,” they said,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ tear it down to its foundations!”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O Daughter of Babylon,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"doomed to destruction,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"blessed is he who repays you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as you have done to us."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Blessed is he who seizes your infants"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and dashes them against the rocks."}],"style":"indent1"}]}