Psalms 137

1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.Cross-references: Gen 2:10 · Ezra 8:21 · Ezra 8:31 · Neh 1:3 · Neh 2:3 · Job 2:12 · +18 more

2On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.Cross-references: Ps 33:2 · Ps 81:2 · Isa 24:8 · Ezek 26:13 · Amos 8:10 · Rev 18:22

3For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”Cross-references: 1Chr 15:27 · 1Chr 16:7 · Neh 4:2 · Ps 9:14 · Ps 65:1 · Ps 79:1 · +11 more

4How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?Cross-references: Eccl 3:4 · Isa 22:12 · Isa 49:21 · Lam 5:14 · Hos 9:4 · Amos 8:3

5If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.Cross-references: Neh 1:2 · Neh 2:2 · Ps 84:1 · Ps 84:10 · Ps 102:13 · Ps 122:5 · +5 more

6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.Cross-references: Job 29:10 · Ps 22:15 · Ps 84:10 · Isa 41:17 · Lam 4:4 · Ezek 3:26 · +4 more

7Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”Cross-references: Ex 17:14 · 1Sam 15:2 · Ps 74:18 · Ps 79:8 · Isa 34:5 · Isa 63:1 · +9 more

8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.Cross-references: Ps 149:6 · Isa 13:1 · Isa 14:4 · Isa 21:1 · Isa 44:28 · Isa 47:1 · +7 more

9Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.Cross-references: 2Ki 8:12 · Isa 13:16 · Hos 10:14 · Hos 13:16 · Nah 3:10