{"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/drb/psalms/137","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:02:50.456Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":137,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":136,"nextChapter":138,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":9},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion: "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land? "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Blessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 137 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 137](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/137)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/137 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}