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The most popular Bible verses from Psalms 137

Found 9 Verses

Psalms 137:1

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By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. NIV

BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we [captives] sat down, yes, we wept when we [earnestly] remembered Zion [the city of our God imprinted on our hearts]. AMP

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. KJV

Psalms 137:9

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Happy are those who seize your infants and dash them against the rocks. NIV

Happy and blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock! AMP

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. KJV

Psalms 137:8

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Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy are those who repay you according to what you have done to us. NIV

O Daughter of Babylon [you devastator, you!], who [ought to be and] shall be destroyed, happy and blessed shall he be who requites you as you have served us. [Isa. 13:1-22; Jer. 25:12, 13.] AMP

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. KJV

Psalms 137:7

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Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. "Tear it down," they cried, "tear it down to its foundations!" NIV

Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites, that they said in the day of Jerusalem's fall, Down, down to the ground with her! AMP

Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. KJV

Psalms 137:5

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If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. NIV

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill [with the harp]. AMP

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. KJV

Psalms 137:2

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There on the poplars we hung our harps NIV

On the willow trees in the midst of [Babylon] we hung our harps. AMP

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. KJV

Psalms 137:4

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How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land? NIV

How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? AMP

How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? KJV

Psalms 137:3

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For there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" NIV

For there they who led us captive required of us a song with words, and our tormentors and they who wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. AMP

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. KJV

Psalms 137:6

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May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy. NIV

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I remember you not, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy! [Ezek. 3:26.] AMP

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. KJV