Psalm 137
New American Standard Bible
An Experience of the Captivity.
137 By the (A)rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down and (B)wept,
When we remembered Zion.
2 Upon the [a](C)willows in the midst of it
We (D)hung our [b]harps.
3 For there our captors [c](E)demanded of us [d]songs,
And (F)our tormentors, jubilation, saying,
“Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How can we sing (G)the Lord’s song
In a foreign land?
5 If I (H)forget you, Jerusalem,
May my right hand [e]forget its skill.
6 May my (I)tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not [f](J)exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
7 Remember, Lord, against the sons of (K)Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Those who said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare
(L)To its foundation!”
8 Daughter of Babylon, you [g](M)devastated one,
Blessed will be one who (N)repays you
With [h]the retribution with which you have repaid us.
9 Blessed will be one who seizes and (O)dashes your children
Against the rock.
Footnotes
- Psalm 137:2 Or poplars
- Psalm 137:2 Lit lyres
- Psalm 137:3 Lit asked
- Psalm 137:3 Lit words of song
- Psalm 137:5 I.e., become useless
- Psalm 137:6 Lit cause to ascend
- Psalm 137:8 Or devastator
- Psalm 137:8 Lit your requital
詩篇 137
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
被擄者的哀歌
137 我們坐在巴比倫河畔，
想起錫安禁不住淒然淚下。
2 我們把琴掛在柳樹上。
3 俘虜我們的人要我們唱歌，
擄掠我們的人要我們歌唱，說：
「給我們唱一首錫安的歌。」
4 我們流落異邦，
怎能唱頌讚耶和華的歌呢？
5 耶路撒冷啊，倘若我忘了你，
情願我的右手無法再撥弄琴弦；
6 倘若我忘了你，
不以你為我的至愛，
情願我的舌頭不能再歌唱。
7 耶和華啊，
求你記住耶路撒冷淪陷時以東人的行徑。
他們喊道：
「拆毀這城，把它夷為平地！」
8 巴比倫城啊，
你快要滅亡了，
那向你以牙還牙為我們復仇的人有福了！
9 那抓住你的嬰孩摔在石頭上的人有福了！
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