{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/137","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T05:48:42.813Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":137,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":136,"nextChapter":138,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":9},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"We hanged our harps on the willows in the middle thereof."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"If I do not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 137 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 137](https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/137)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/137 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}