Psalm 137:7-9
New American Standard Bible
7 Remember, Lord, against the sons of (A)Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Those who said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare
(B)To its foundation!”
8 Daughter of Babylon, you [a](C)devastated one,
Blessed will be one who (D)repays you
With [b]the retribution with which you have repaid us.
9 Blessed will be one who seizes and (E)dashes your children
Against the rock.
Footnotes
- Psalm 137:8 Or devastator
- Psalm 137:8 Lit your requital
Psalm 137:7-9
New International Version
7 Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(A) did
on the day Jerusalem fell.(B)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
“tear it down to its foundations!”(C)
8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(D)
happy is the one who repays you
according to what you have done to us.
9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants
and dashes them(E) against the rocks.
Psalm 137:7-9
King James Version
7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
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