English / ERV
Psalms 137
Easy-to-Read Version, 2006
- 1We sat by the rivers in Babylon and cried as we remembered Zion.
- 2We hung our harps nearby, there on the willow trees.[1]
- 3There in Babylon, those who captured us told us to sing. Our enemies told us to entertain them. They said, “Sing us one of your songs about Zion.”
- 4But we cannot sing the LORD’s songs in a foreign country!
- 5Jerusalem, if I ever forget you, may I never play a song again.
- 6If I fail to remember you, may I never sing again. I will always remember Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
- 7LORD, be sure to punish the Edomites for what they did when Jerusalem was captured. They shouted, “Destroy its buildings! Pull them down to the ground!”
- 8Babylon, you will be destroyed! Bless the one who pays you back for what you did to us.
- 9Bless the one who grabs your babies and smashes them against a rock.