{"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/dbt/psalms/137","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:20:42.713Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail required mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare, Lay it bare, down to its foundation!"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 137 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 137](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/137)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/137 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}